It is difficult to imagine a world in which Sarah Essica Parker has not become an international supermitwoman thanks to her leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on the landmark of Darren Star, "Sex and the City". Imagine that, because, as Parker recently revealed, she did no You want to make a TV show, and she actually tried to get out of the project as a whole.

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In a conversation with her "Sex and the City" and "And just like that" co-Starvala Christine Davis-who plays Charlotte York-Gentlatt and the original show and reboot of FBO Max-on her podcast "Are you Charlotte?" (through Fun weekly. After realizing that other people saw it, Parker still thought about it until the show was released. "I panicked," she told Davis. "When the show was chosen, I was like," I can't be on TV show! I think I'm not suitable for that life. "

"I think that was the idea of ​​doing the same thing over and over," Parker continued, noticing the previous show experience as "square clips". As he said, he didn't want to be a dove:

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"I think I always had luck that I had to be on a television series and then ended. It was skipped and I really thought," That's the goal.

After all, Parker was also afraid that there would be no time to implement other projects - "so the idea for a television series meant I couldn't do all that thing" - though she allowed it a lot TV actors do many other things when their shows are on a break. However, she was still completely freaked by the idea of ​​playing Carrie Bradshaw for a long time, which is really ironic, given everything that has happened since.

As Sarah Essica Parker revealed to Christine Davis, she actually begged her agent to remove her from the project. She says she asked her agent, 'Can you get me out of this?' by a warning that would make absolutely Everything else The premium network wanted to do it. "I said," I will provide my HBO services to fulfill my contract. So, any movies, I'll do for the X number of years. "

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Fortunately for the Fans' and the city's fans, Parker's agent (unnamed) persuaded her to give him a shot. "He said, 'That can Be wonderful. That can Be great, "Parker revealed before he said that the president of the premium network at the time was measured." And the beauty of HBO (at the time) was that it was a kind of unknown species ... and (former HBO President Chris Albrecht said: "Do it a year, and if you don't want to do it anymore, we don't do it," she recalls.

"It has passed from this kind of oppressive idea of ​​this with infinite possibilities," Parker continued before recalling her obvious first day at work. "And the first day we started shooting like a series, the location was on the street of my house. I remember thinking:" I can go to work. I don't drive a lot. And I went to the location and never looked back. "Honestly," I never looked back "is an underestimation; As even ordinary fans know, Parker has been playing Carrie Bradshaw for decades at this point.

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Okay, so here's the full time schedule of Sarah Essica's time playing Kerry Bradshaw, who, to this day, is still something she does. "Sex and the City" officially completed their running in 2004 (after early 1998), and in 2008, the first film in the "Sex and the City" franchise, carrying the same title, struck theaters and performed in the box office. "Sex and the City 2" arrived in 2010 and provided a reduction in the return critically (maybe it wasn't Best The idea to accidentally covers Kerry, Charlotte and their Gallic friends in Abu Dhabi for no apparent reason and rely on cheap stereotypes and panties from that point), though that Also Earn money in box office. The third film was eventually lifted, although it could have more to do with the long-standing altercation between Sarah Essica Parker and Kim Katral, the latest of which played sex-positive PR Mevan Samantha Onesons in the original series.

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Then, In 2021, we got "and just like it", The official reboot of "Sex and the City" returned by Parker, Kerry, Davis Charlotte and Miranda Hobbes of Cynthia Nixon in the area without Samantha (Katrall refused to participate Except for a single season 2, which was shot abroad and probably earned a bathtub full of cash). The third season of "And the same as that" arrives at HBO Max soon, and, apparently, Kerry will return to another round of cosmopolitan and gossip ... Making a little ironically that, in the 1990s, she was trying to avoid this project in the first place.

"And just like that" crosses its third season on May 29, 2025 at HBO Max; You can see the rest of the restart there. As for "Sex and the City", The original series is transmitted to both HBO Max and Netflix.

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