Kim Cattrall is accustomed to baring it all on screen.
After portraying the sexually adventurous Samantha in Sex And The City for years, she is once more shedding her clothes for a new film role.
The 54-year-old takes on the lead character in the independent film Meet Monica Velour, centered on a past-her-prime stripper.
In a performance that might induce secondhand embarrassment, the actress dons a bridal negligee and veil, dancing slowly to the cheesy Eighties ballad Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You.
Audience members mock her, with comments like: ‘It must be amateur night at the old folks’ home.’
Monica Velour, once a porn star in the Eighties, is now depicted as a single mother working in sleazy strip joints to provide for her family.
Nonetheless, the aging dancer captures the attention of Tobe (Dustin Ingram), the film’s main character who becomes infatuated with her and travels across the country to rural Indiana to meet her.
‘The story follows a woman in her 50s who establishes a unique relationship with a 17-year-old young man,’ Cattrall explained recently. ‘It’s very sweet and endearing.’
As Samantha Jones, Kim had to maintain a physique that many twenty-somethings would envy.
However, for this character, the Liverpool-born actress was permitted to embrace weight gain to accurately depict a stripper past her prime.
‘I gained 15 pounds initially, and then during the filming, I put on another five. It was bliss to gain, but a nightmare to lose,’ she expressed.
The indie film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last April, followed by screenings at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Deauville American Film Festival in France.
While it is set to hit theaters in the US in April, an Ozzie release date has yet to be confirmed.
Even though Kim feels secure in her willingness to strip for her latest role, she was still outraged by Ricky Gervais’ harsh jabs directed at her and her Sex And The City co-stars during his controversial hosting stint at the Golden Globes.
The comedian ridiculed the film sequel’s poster, which faced significant backlash for its excessive photo-editing.
At the ceremony, Gervais quipped, ‘I was convinced the Golden Globe for special effects should go to the team that airbrushed that poster. Ladies, we are aware of your ages. I spotted one of you in an episode of Bonanza.’
In response to Gervais, Kim stated, ‘Ageism exists, and I confront it daily in my own manner. I consider that a rather lazy joke.
‘Perhaps some people believe such comments need to be voiced,’ she told Extra. ‘I personally disagree.’
Recently, Kim has secured a role in the drama The Treehouse, alongside Jeremy Irons and Tom Sturridge, scheduled for release next year.
by Harry Harper
