Sex and the City's Kristin Davis AND Cynthia Nixon almost played Carrie Bradshaw.

With her head of curls and a voice that you’ll forever hear whenever you read the words “I couldn’t help but wonder”, Sarah Jessica Parker is THE definition of Carrie Bradshaw. 

Except she almost wasn’t. 

Because in a world that I don’t even want to imagine, her on-screen gal pals almost took the starring role in Sex and the City. 

THE HORROR. 

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But it’s true. In a new episode of the podcast And Just Like That…The Writers Room, both Kristin Davis AND Cynthia Nixon confirmed that yes, they were nearly in the running for the leading lady. 

All because, and this is what Kristin was told, SJP “may not do it”. 

CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE?! Nope, absolutely not. It’s an alternate universe I can't fathom.

And fortunately, the girls were on the same page. 

Kristin said she was asked to read for Carrie — who was described as having “the body of Heather Locklear and the mind of Dorothy Parker” — but said no. 

“I was like, ‘That is adorable but I can’t play that part!’”, she said. “Like, ‘Whatcha thinking?’” 

And luckily for us all, she thought the role of sweet and innocent Charlotte York was a much better fit, even if the character was a bit lacklustre.

“I was like, ‘Darren (Star, series creator), I can’t play Carrie,” Kristin explained. “I can’t even read for Carrie. I am this other girl, who's like underwritten, but I understand her. Okay? So I need to be her.’ And he was like, ‘Oh, okay’.” 

Next up was Cynthia Nixon, who is ICONIC as red-headed Miranda Hobbes, who went for the lead role. 

“I auditioned,” she said on the podcast. “And they were like, ‘Yeah, not so much.’” 

But she was determined to be on the show. 

“I’m not usually so proactive but… at the time it didn’t seem like there were four women. It seemed like there were seven,” she explained. 

“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?”

So, she pushed to read for Miranda. But after auditioning for the part SEVERAL times, Cynthia was literally ghosted. 

Instead, she tried out for a range of projects including Ally McBeal and Fargo (this alternate universe is getting worse by the sentence!) but didn’t get any of them either. 

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Then finally — after months of the silent treatment and badgering from her agent at the time, Emily Gerson — the call came that Cynthia had been waiting for, and she was offered the role of Miranda. 

“She [Gerson] finally cried on the phone,” Cynthia said. “She was like, ‘You guys are crazy. This is the person for this part.’”

And the rest is history. Or fate, according to the show’s executive producer, writer and director, Michael Patrick King, who said the roles that SJP, Kristin and Cynthia were given are the “essence for the world.’” 

“The interesting thing about all of it, is the random yet specific journey that you were each on before you got these parts,” he said. “For the world, you are these characters. It’s undeniable that it was you, Kristin, you, Sarah Jessica, and you, Cynthia.” 

Hear that? UNDENIABLE. 

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