And Just Like That… things could have gone so much in a different way!
During a recent interview, it was revealed that Sarah Jessica Parker almost didn’t play her iconic character, Carrie Bradshaw on the 1998 hit, “Sex and The City,” as her two costars Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon each tried out for the part.
Nixon starred as attorney Miranda Hobbes, while Davis ended up playing Charlotte York, while each of whom have reprised their role for the spinoff show, “And Just Like That…”
Davis recalled during an appearance on the “And Just Like That… Author’s Room” podcast this week that she was asked to read for Parker’s character as they weren’t sure if the actress would find yourself doing it.
“I used to be like, ‘That’s lovable, but I can’t play that part!’” Davis said in the course of the podcast. “Like, ‘Whatcha considering?’ I mean, hello!”
She explained that Parker’s character, Carrie, was described as having “the body of Heather Locklear and the mind of Dorothy Parker.”
Davis admitted that she “understood” the character of Charlotte far more than she did Carrie.
Nixon also revealed that she auditioned to play Carrie before she read for Miranda, a personality that she admitted was a bit out of her wheelhouse, as she typically played the role of somebody who was “meek.”
“They brought me in to audition for Carrie, and I auditioned, they usually were like, ‘Yeah, not a lot,’” Nixon said in the course of the podcast.
She continued, explaining how she landed the role of Hobbes in the long run.
“And I’m normally not so proactive, but … on the time it didn’t look like there was 4 women,” Nixon said. “It gave the impression of there was seven… It’s a show that shoots in Latest York, and that never happens. There’s gotta be certainly one of those women I can play. Couldn’t they see me for any person else?”
Nixon said that she auditioned repeatedly for Miranda, and even tested for the show.
But interestingly enough, Nixon claimed that producers didn’t get back to her immediately, and she or he didn’t find yourself landing the part until months later.
The show, which chronicled the lives of 4 women living in Latest York City, also featured Kim Cattrall, who played sultry publicist Samantha Jones.
The series ran from 1998 to 2004, spanning for six seasons on HBO.
In 2020, it was announced that the show could be revived into a derivative series, titled “And Just Like That…,” featuring Nixon, Parker, and Davis.
The primary episode aired in December 2021 on Max, formerly often known as HBO Max, and the second season is slated for June 22.
Cattrall didn’t sign on following rumors — and even some seeming crumbs of evidence — of a feud between her and the solid.
The rift seemingly began in 2017, after they were set to film the third installment of the “Sex and the City” movie.
Production got here to a screeching halt after there was some supposed drama between Cattrall and the women, while an article published in the Each day Mail allegedly revealed Cattrall’s “demands” for the movie on the time.
Nevertheless, this upcoming season will bring a little bit of twist, as The Post exclusively revealed last month that Cattrall could be returning to reprise her role on the show in a “cliffhanger” cameo.
One insider claimed that her appearance had been kept so “hush-hush” that Cattrall’s name didn’t even appear on the decision sheet.
An insider told The Post that show staffers were “definitely shocked, very intrigued on how they’re gonna write this in — and really excited.”
They continued, “She said she’d never do it! She said she’d never come back!”