Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City, About My Father, How I Met Your Father) has joined Peacock’s reimagined drama Queer as Folk as a recurring guest star. Her character is described as a “martini-soaked, high society southern debutant with trailer park roots.”
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“Queer as Folk is a vibrant reimagining of the groundbreaking British series created by Russell T. Davies, exploring a diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy,” reads the official synopsis.
Production is currently underway in New Orleans. The previously announced cast and their character descriptions are as follows:
- Devin Way (he/him) (Grey’s Anatomy) will play a charming and sometimes chaotic commitment-phobe who finds a reason to stay in New Orleans after tragedy rocks his community.
- Fin Argus (he/him/they/them) (Clouds, The Gifted) will play a cocky high schooler whose confidence belies his lack of real-world experience.
- Jesse James Keitel (she/her) (Big Sky), who will play a trans, semi-reformed party girl who is struggling to grow up.
- Candace Grace (they/them) (Acts of Crime) will play a non-binary professor navigating the rocky transition from punk to parenthood.
- Johnny Sibilly (he/him) (Hacks, Pose) will play a successful lawyer who is not as put together as he seems.
- Ryan O’Connell (he/him) (Special, Will & Grace) will play a pop culture nerd with cerebral palsy who is more than ready for some independence. O’Connell also serves as a writer and co-executive producer on the series.
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Queer as Folk is created by Stephen Dunn, who also serves as writer, executive producer, and director (pilot episode). Jaclyn Moore is a writer and executive producer, with Brian Dannelly also serving as executive producer and director. Additional executive producers include Lee Eisenberg, Emily Brecht, original British series creator Russell T. Davies, Nicola Shindler, and Louise Pedersen on behalf of All3 Media International, which distributes the format and the original British series produced by Red Productions for Channel 4. The series is produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.
