SARA RAMIREZ
AND JUST LIKE THAT
SARA RAMIREZ TALKS QUEER CHEMISTRY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MAKING TV HISTORY AS SEX AND THE CITY’S FIRST NON-BINARY CHARACTER, CHE DIAZ
WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON
PHOTOS HBO/WARNER BROS/SKY COMEDY/NOW
"Oh, you like that, huh?” Sara Ramirez is looking right at me and chuckling knowingly. The queer A-lister is poised and charismatic, with truly excellent hair which they describe as “an undercut/pompadour situation”. We’ve only just met via Zoom and I’ve already confessed to being a “big fan” of And Just Like That…’s now-infamous “shotgun moment” between their character, Che Diaz, and Sex And The City OG Miranda Hobbes, played by fellow queer superstar Cynthia Nixon.
If you know, you know. If not, let me paint you a little picture: a New York bar, late at night, the VIP afterparty for stand-up comedian Che’s Netflix special. The gig is over but unhappily married former redhead Miranda hasn’t left with her best friends, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis). Why? Because Miranda is yearning for something new. An adventure. An experience. The thrill of feeling alive. Enter Che. As eagle-eyed viewers, we’ve already clocked the chemistry: the mutual fascination, combative flirting, those lingering looks. And now Che, expertly and ever so gently, is blowing weed fumes directly into Miranda’s mouth. The world seems to stand still. Miranda is transfixed and so are we.
It’s slow-motion, incredibly intimate and, quite frankly, smoking hot.
I tell Sara how captivated I was by the whole scene. It’s so rare to see that specific brand of throbbing top energy onscreen and the Tony Awardwinning actor pulls it off flawlessly.