Cattrall wants ‘Sex and the City’ to stay in her past

Kim Cattrall is finally revealing why she never planned to return to her famous “Sex and the City” role.

The actress who immortalized the role of sexually freewheeling publicist Samantha Jones on the iconic HBO series infamously walked away from the franchise after six seasons and two blockbuster movies.

Late last year, the Michael Patrick King-produced series was rebooted into a 10-episode “And Just Like That” series for the HBO Max streaming service, which kept the character alive and ignited more interest in why Cattrall — who has mostly remained mum on her reasoning — didn’t take part. Now she’s broken her silence. “It’s a great wisdom to know when enough is enough,” the Golden Globe Award winner told Variety. “I also didn’t want to compromise what the show was to me. The way forward seemed clear.”

As far as the notion that she would take part in the reboot, she revealed she was never asked to be part of it, adding that she made her feelings clear after approached about a third movie.

“I would have preferred for all of us to have some kind of event to warrant a third film. That didn’t happen,” she added.

Cattrall admitted she was conflicted how producers decided to keep the character alive.

But she made it clear that the decision to walk away was the right one.

“I haven’t deserted anybody,” Cattrall said. “Can you imagine going back to a job you did 25 years ago? And the job didn’t get easier; it got more complicated in the sense of how are you going to progress with these characters? Everything has to grow, or it dies.”