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Cynthia Nixonis excited forSex and the Cityfans to catch up with her character Miranda Hobbes in anew reboot of the show— but says a real-life return to politics is not in the works.
Nixon, whoran unsuccessfully for governor in New Yorkas a progressive challenger to then-incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018,tellsExtrashe won’t launch another political campaign.
“I ran for office against Andrew Cuomo because I didn’t think he should be our governor, and nobody else would run or could run, because if you were in politics [he was a] notoriously vindictive man. You couldn’t run against him in politics… without having your career ended,” Nixon, 55, said on the red carpet for thepremiere ofAnd Just Like That…on Wednesday.
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The actress, who stars in the “new chapter” ofSex and the Cityairing on HBO Max, implied that her political efforts paid off during her first and only campaign.
“Luckily, we ran and 90% of our platform has been enacted since we ran, and he is now out of office, so everything and more that I was hoping to be accomplished has been accomplished,” Nixon said.
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“This campaign changed expectations about what’s possible in New York State. We moved issues of racial and economic justice to the forefront. We shined a light on inequality, and turned the media’s attention to forgotten communities across this state,” she also said.
Nixon ran on a slew of progressive issues, like fixing New York City’s subway system, legalizing marijuana and supporting single-payer healthcare.
As for Miranda, could politics be inherfuture? Perhaps.
“Miranda is still living in Brooklyn in her house with Steve and Brady, who is 17 years old,” Nixon also toldExtra. “I would say that Miranda, in the last few years, particularly during the Trump administration, has had an awakening and a change of heart and is maybe done with corporate law.”
source: people.com
