Nicole Ari Parker Responds to Claims She “Replaced” Kim Cattrall

By the time filming wrapped, she so inspired by the glamour of it all that she began dressing up in her everyday life.

“I have two kids who go to school in private school so my budget is a little bit different, but, you know, I think just being able to play a grownup woman in her all glory actually inspired me,” Parker explained. “Like, why don’t I pick up my kids from school with my nice dress on? Why am I saving? Especially with all this zoom stuff, we don’t go out anymore. I was like, you know what, let me pull myself together.” 

The actress shares two children with Kodjoe. They wed in 2005, and just last year, she starred in his upcoming directorial debut Safe Room.

Getting Parker to sign on wasn’t easy, though.

“I had to beg and plead for her to be in it,” Kodjoe said. “I got down on my knees and I begged her to be my quarterback. She leads this phenomenal cast.”