'The Carries Diaries' Season 2 News: See Lindsey Gort as a Young Samantha Jones [PHOTOS]
Lindsey Gort has been cast as Samantha Jones in The CW's The Carrie Diaries, a prequel to HBO's Sex and the City.
In the first promotional photo, Gort channels her new character, who has a rock'n'roll edge and is seen wearing a crop top and studded belt.
The role of Samantha Jones was made famous by Kim Cattrall in Sex and the City.
Gort's character will meet a young Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) through a surprising connection with the series returns for a second season on Friday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. EST.
"In another nerve-wracking search to create the amazing characters we all came to know and love on Sex and the City, we went out in search this year for a young Samantha Jones," The Carrie Diaries' executive producer Amy B. Harris said in a statement. "Lindsey Gort walked into the room and owned the part. Funny and sexy with a whiff of vulnerability and an amazing dash of outrageousness, Lindsey is our exciting choice to play the young Samantha Jones."
The Carrie Diaries describes Samantha as "a ballsy, beautiful and sexy young woman from the panhandle of Florida who has made her way -- and already a name for herself -- in the rock 'n' roll scene of 1980s NYC."
