Kim Cattrall Swaps Lexington for London

By James Wray Jan 19, 2005, 4:02 GMT

Kim Cattrall has been taking a break from acting to promote the city of London in the UK.

The former Sex and the City star has been out on the streets selling copies of the local newspaper and theatre tickets on an effort to promote the UK capital.

Cattrall, who donated her fee to Tsunami aid, took on the role of an Evening Standard vendor for the day at the Comedy Theatre, where she is starring in "Whose Life is it Anyway?"

She said: “This is not going to replace the day job. My job’s more fun.

“But we wanted to raise awareness of what’s going on in the West End.

“There’s so much happening artistically. I feel very connected to London. My first taste of theatre here was when I was ten-year’s old.

“Samantha was a PR person so she would be glad I’m doing this.”

The marketing campaign is aimed at getting more people from the UK and Europe to visit the city.

London mayor Ken Livingstone said: “With many of London’s theatres featuring Hollywood’s A-list as well as the best of British up and coming stars of the future, London’s theatreland has more to offer its visitors in 2005 than ever before.”

Cattrall can next be seen on the big screen in "Ice Princess" where she plays a disgraced former skating champion, you can read more about the movie in our database.