Q: Were there any interruptions in the filming?
SJP: We literally didn’t even have a bathroom. No, there were no interruptions! And listen, Kristin Davis got sick, and she got sick on a Friday, so that she could get sick only on the weekend, and not while shooting! And even if you’re very sick and having serious intestinal issues, warm milk is good to prescribe!
KD: Well, we don’t need to go into the details! So give me a break.
SJP: I mean, not her. She had a…strange cough!
Q: What’s your favorite memory of shooting in Morocco?
CN: Those very heady days in the desert. That was such an introduction. It’s like “Wow, we really are far, far away in a place that we’ve never been before.” And when we arrived, they had musicians waiting to greet us, and it was just so amazing to land in this small airport and to be greeted. It was amazing.
SJP: Oh god, there’s so much! I would say that the most fun about it—and therefore the most vivid memory—is that I got to live with this cast. You know, we were removed. We were shooting out of the country, and we’d never done that. We had this chance to live together, and to know one another in a way that we never had the opportunity to do so in New York. In New York, we would go home to our friends and our families, and our children and animals. And for me, it just changed everything, and I just came away loving them more than I ever have, because I got to see them in a new way.
And I was so reliant upon them, and they became ever more necessary. And I was so challenged by the work that they were doing, and how good they were, and what thoroughbreds they were, and, you know, how nothing could get us down, no matter how hungry we were, how much we had to go to the bathroom, or our 18-hour days. I mean, how we could see in the eyes of the crew, the people we brought, that this was the day they were missing their kids, but they were sticking it out with us. And that was kind of the tone; it was just incredibly impressive, and inspiring, and frankly, we felt very buoyant on tough days.
KD: It was so beautiful, so beautiful. And I echo everything they said, and I’m just going to say Thanksgiving, since we were together and we got to have two Thanksgivings. We worked on the actual day, because obviously in Morocco they don’t celebrate Thanksgiving.
SJP: And apparently neither does Warner Bros.! I think I’m gonna get in trouble now! But they made us marshmallows. We had them over the fire.
KD: Our fantastic English caterers made an American Thanksgiving for us, which they thought just the Americans would want to eat. And then everybody wanted to eat it, and they ran out of the apple pie. The pumpkin pie! Everybody loved it.
And then, because Cynthia and Sarah’s sons came to visit for the weekend, we decided we would have another Thanksgiving at our hotel. And they did a fantastic job. We had snake charmers come for the boys. So these are amazing memories that we have.
Q: Will there be an SATC3?
CN: No idea, no idea. If Michael has one to write, then yes. But it’s up to him!
Q: What will women learn from this movie?
SJP: That Charlotte’s nanny is hot! Bravo!
Q: And what do you want men to learn from SATC2?
CN: There is something that happens, as you know, an event that happens that could possibly be poisonous to a relationship, and a way is found—and I give credit to the writer and Mr. Big—to turn poison into medicine! And to not go to the impulsive place that men often do in an event like that, and instead create a bridge to a deeper relationship.
SJP: Oh my gosh…I didn’t study for this part of the exam! You know it’s wonderful, a couple of people I’ve spoken to, they’re straight men, and they love that there is not a villainous move by any man in this movie. Any consequences are on the part of us and the choices we’re making, and some momentary reckless behavior or cavalier attitude about cultural standards, that’s all us, and we come home, frankly, a little wiser.
Q: Well, the women should be partying in all the theaters showing SATC2 this summer.
SJP: Insha’ Allah!