Don’t mind the age gap, says cougar Kim Cattrall

10 April 2012

Playing Sex And The City's sexually voracious Samantha, Kim Cattrall was often pursuing younger men.

Now, the 53-year-old is back on the London stage where her love interest is played by Matthew Macfadyen, 18 years her junior.


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Days after finishing the second film of the hit TV show, Cattrall is rehearsing for Noël Coward's comedy of manners Private Lives, where the stars play divorced couple Amanda and Elyot, who meet again while honeymooning with new spouses.

Cattrall insists that the age gap between her and former Spooks star Macfadyen, 35, is of no consequence. Asked if it was an issue, she said: "No, not at all. He's so gorgeous and adorable. At a certain age, people merge, don't they?

"I don't think in those terms any more. Maybe I've lived longer and done more things, but I don't see a difference on stage. Some of the lines might have a different significance because of my age, but that adds richness."

Stars such as Madonna, 51, who is dating a 23-year-old model, and Sam Taylor-Wood, 42, who is engaged to 19-year-old actor Aaron Johnson, have been dubbed "cougars" — older women who opt for younger men.

Liverpool-born Cattrall, who has been married three times, admitted she would bring her personal experience to the comedy.

"Things happen and you're trying to be brave and forget about the one that got away or the one that breaks your heart," she added.

Private Lives, directed by Sir Richard Eyre, runs at the Vaudeville for 10 weeks from 24 February. Sex And The City 2 is released in May.

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