Sarah Jessica Parker wasn’t the only one who auditioned for Carrie Bradshaw on ‘Sex and The City’
nypost.com“And Just Like That… Writer’s Room” podcast this week that she was asked to read for Parker’s character as they weren’t sure if the actress would end up doing it.“I was like, ‘That is adorable, but I can’t play that part!'” Davis said during the podcast. “Like, ‘Whatcha thinking?’ 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 much more than she did Carrie.
Nixon also revealed that she auditioned to play Carrie before she read for Miranda, a character that she admitted was a bit out of her wheelhouse, as she typically played the role of someone who was “meek.”“They brought me in to audition for Carrie, and I auditioned, and they were like, ‘Yeah, not so much,'” Nixon said during the podcast.
She continued, explaining how she landed the role of Hobbes in the end.“And I’m usually not so proactive, but … at the time it didn’t seem like there was four women,” Nixon said. “It seemed like there was seven… It’s a show that shoots in New York, and that never happens.
There’s gotta be one of those women I can play. Couldn’t they see me for somebody else?”Nixon said that she auditioned many times for Miranda, and even tested for the show.
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