It isn’t lost on Miss Benny that “Glamorous,” their recent Netflix show, “Glamorous,” premieres on June 22, the identical day as Season Two of “And Just Like That,” HBO’s spinoff of “Sex and the City.”

Each share a two-word connective tissue: Kim Cattrall.

“I’m so excited that folks who like Kim can have two various things they will watch. It’s going to be such a fun day,” the YouTuber and actor says.

Famously, Cattrall played Samantha Jones, the fourth prong in Carrie Bradshaw’s friend group in “Sex and the City.” While she participated within the two movies that followed the 2004 finale, she declined to return for the spinoff TV show, reigniting rumors of a feud between her and fellow solid members.

Samantha’s presence — via phone call only — in Season Two made headlines. (She broke her silence after the announcement by writing “Glad Pride” on Instagram).

While Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon will reunite for “And Just Like That,” Cattrall will spend her screen time headlining Netflix’s “Glamorous.”

Miss Benny plays Marco Mejia, an aspiring YouTuber and department store makeup artist-turned-assistant to Madolyn Addison, a makeup mogul played by Cattrall. (The series was initially written for Brooke Shields in Cattrall’s role, and Eva Longoria in Miss Benny’s for the CW).

In the primary episode, Marco gives Madolyn a makeover. On his face, there is a glint of awe and an expression that claims, “Is that this my life?”

Miss Benny says the identical query was going through their mind. They shot the scene at 4 a.m. at an actual mall in Toronto.

“I’m pressing a BeautyBlender to her face considering, “Where am I?’ How did I get here? It is the nighttime. I’m delirious. Kim Cattrall is me with stars in her eyes. And I’m patting a concealer into her skin,” they are saying.

The result, Miss Benny says, is acting that did not feel like acting.

“Marco is alleged to be in awe of her and intimidated by her. I felt each of those emotions in real life. It was easy for me to get to that place as an actor,” they are saying.

This was one in every of the scenes Miss Benny was most excited for, and most terrified for.

“That whole experience was so baffling. After I read it within the script, I used to be like, ‘Marco goes to make over Madolyn. It will be so beautiful and fun.’ Then, because the day got closer, I noticed that meant that I can be doing I’d be touching Kim Cattrall’s face. I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God.’ That is an icon like I been around or at that time, but to the touch someone’s face feels so intimate,” they are saying.

Miss Benny says the connection between “Sex and the City” and “Glamorous” is there, beyond Cattrall’s presence. Carrie Bradshaw, Parker’s character, was a reference point for Marco, a somewhat idealistic dreamer.

“I played lots of Marco-isms using Carrie as a reference point. It could be weird if I used to be attempting to play Samantha with Kim Cattrall there. She’s already giving that so well,” they are saying.

Miss Benny grew up watching “Sex and the City” and at all times aspired to be a “Samantha.”

“The beauty of that show is that everyone looks like every one in every of those girls,” they are saying.

“But Samantha is an icon. You will have to actually find a way to hold that. I do not know if I’m there yet. I’m a Carrie Moon, Samantha rising.”

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