Sex and the Beach: Kim Cattrall films steamy movie scenes at seafront hotel

Fans of the TV series will not be disappointed as the actress, 51, appeared to be throwing herself back into the role of racy Samantha.

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Lucky lady: Kim Cattrall films scenes for the new Sex and the City movie with co-star Jason Lewis

Cattrall has been reunited with her hunky onscreen boyfriend Smith Jerrod, played by Jason Lewis.

The pair were shooting scenes for the highly-anticipated big screen version of the TV show on a hotel balcony in Malibu.

They have also been spotted on the beach in the American holiday resort.

The blonde actress was clad in a skin tight wetsuit as she rolled in the surf with Lewis.

The movie continues to follow the exploits of four New York women - Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and outrageous PR guru, Samantha - and will be released later this year.

The film has been dogged by rumours of on-set rows, mainly involving Cattrall and actress Sarah Jessica-Parker who plays Carrie Bradshaw.

And in new reports from the US, an insider is set to blow the lid with a behind the scenes memoir.

According to the New York Post, Clifford Streit, the former manager of author Candace Bushnell, is touting a book proposal of the series' early days titled "Unbecoming Stanford."

The book is named after Stanford Blatch, the character who was Carrie Bradshaw's flamboyant gay best friend played by Willie Garson, as it was intended as a caricature of Streit.

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Samantha and Smith get back into character

Recently, Bushnell and Streit amicably settled a financial dispute over payment from the show.

The book suggests tensions on set began because Kim Cattrall was "a natural comedienne, and a scene-stealer in the best possible sense - the camera went right to her."

Streit also claims two of the show's on-screen lovers had an affair off-screen too.

And that executive producer Darren Star passed on Ashton Kutcher for the show because, he privately confided after a dinner meeting: "I don't see this kid going anywhere."

Raunchy: As expected, Kim's scenes with onscreen boyfriend Smith Jerrod will be suitably raunchy in keeping with Samantha's character