Chris Noth channeled his Sex And The City character Mr Big on Monday night while living it up in the Big Apple.
The actor was in high spirits after dinner at Polo Bar with friends, leaning on a friend as he headed home.
Dressed in a bold blue suit, the screen star smiled as he walked carefully along the rain-soaked sidewalks.
Noth returned to the stage Sunday for a one-night production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver.
The actor reunited with his friends from the Yale School of Drama for the production, and the play’s director, Jennifer McCray Rincón, approached the SATC star to ask him to appear as the lead, George Bailey.
Rincón told a Denver publication western word who considered Noth perfect for the role James Stewart made famous because of his “trials and tribulations.”
Chris Noth channeled his Sex And The City character Mr Big on Monday night while living it up in the Big Apple.
“It takes a complex actor to walk in those shoes… with the best actors, their performances always revolve around opposition,” the director explained.
‘That’s what creates depth and authenticity: no one is one thing. I think of Chris that way; It’s very powerful but it also has emotional depth and darkness.’
‘He has kids, so he knows what it’s like to have a family. He has been married and has gone through his own trials and tribulations.
Noth saw his career upended in 2021 when he faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has since strongly denied.
The 69-year-old confessed that he “strayed away from my wife”, which was “devastating for her”, but added: “What it is not, is a crime.”
Last year, he steadfastly denied multiple allegations of sexual misconduct in his first interview about the charges that infamously put his career on hold.
Noth, who has insisted he is still close with his former Sex and the City co-stars, said USA today that any encounters he had outside of his marriage were consensual.
“I drifted away from my wife, and it’s devastating for her and it’s not a very pretty picture,” he told the outlet. “What is not, is a crime.”
The former Law & Order star has been married to his wife, Tara Wilson, 45, since 2012. The couple were together for 10 years before tying the knot and are parents to two sons: Orion, 16, and Keats, of four. Noth said he talked to his teenager about the situation.
The SAG nominee admitted his infidelity, saying: ‘You give yourself the same excuses as many men; It’s just a little parallel dance and it’s fun.
The actor was in high spirits after dinner at Polo Bar with friends, leaning on a friend as he headed home.
He said he justified it by telling himself, “You’re not hurting anyone.” No one will find out about this, you know, and sex is just a pleasure.
And suddenly, a lot of people want to have sex with you. It’s like, ‘Well, I’m not going to get this opportunity again.’
Four women have told very different stories about their experiences with the Sex and the City star.
In December 2021, just weeks after her character was killed off in the SATC spin-off And Just Like That, two women went public with their allegations of sexual misconduct.
One claimed he raped her in 2015 after she met the actor while working as a waitress at a nightclub.
The second said The Hollywood Reporter Noth raped her in 2004.
The actor’s representative called the allegations “categorically false.”
A third woman came forward shortly after the THR article and told her The daily beast She had been attacked by the Gone actor when she was 18 years old and working in a restaurant in New York.
Noth denied those allegations, along with claims from a fourth woman who also accused him of misconduct.
Noth’s character Big was killed off in the first episode of the Sex and the City spinoff And Just Like That, a move that was planned as part of the plot.
Noth is pictured with Sarah Jessica Parker during the original broadcast of Sex And The City, which aired on HBO for six seasons from 1998 to 2004.
The veteran star was fired from her job on the CBS drama The Equalizer shortly after the allegations became public.
Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis issued a joint statement saying, “We stand with the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences.” We know that it must be something very difficult to do and we congratulate them for it.”
No criminal charges have yet been filed. New York does not have a statute of limitations for rape.
The actor suggested that the women who accused him could have a financial motive.
“That’s a money train for a lot of people,” he said.
No lawsuits have been filed against the Manhunt actor.
“There’s nothing you can say to change anyone’s mind when you have that kind of tidal wave,” he said.
It sounds defensive. I’m not. There is no criminal court. There is no criminal trial. I have no business getting on the stand and telling my story, getting witnesses.
Noth has been married to Tara Wilson, 38, since 2012; the couple is pictured in December 2021
The Good Wife actor had been directing and performing at the time at a theater in Massachusetts.
He was working for Samuelsohn, a suit company launching a campaign to raise awareness about men’s mental health when he spoke to the USA Today reporter.
“I’m an actor,” he said.
‘I have other things I want to do creatively. And I have children to support. “I can’t rest on my laurels,” he said of his limited opportunities.
“I have enough to let a year pass, but I don’t know how to measure or judge the return to the club, to the business, because the corporations are scared.”
“Fear is the key word when it comes to whether they believe it or not,” he explained.
‘I have to continue. It’s hard, because people are afraid and fear guides them. And I have to persevere because I still have a creative life.”