Here are the stars who nearly played your favourite Sex And The City characters
Big would have been really different if he'd been played by this guy...
Sex And The City is a pretty perfect TV show, right? Well, aside from the odd 'dad' jokes from Carrie Bradshaw. But we're not here to talk about that. We're here to talk about actors and actresses who were very nearly cast as your SATC favourites. So here are the stars who nearly played Carrie, Miranda Hobbes, Big and more!
Dana Delany as Carrie Bradshaw
Desperate Housewives star Dana Delany was offered the role of Carrie Bradshaw, but she passed because she had already done multiple projects involving sex (Nude Girls and Exit To Eden) and didn't want to be involved with a project that had "sex" in the title.
Kristin Davis as Carrie Bradshaw
Kristin Davis originally auditioned for the role of Carrie Bradshaw on Sex And The City, which seems just crazy after her perfect portrayal of prude Charlotte York.
Lisa Edelstein as Carrie Bradshaw
When she was asked by Access Hollywood Live if it was true that she's been asked to play Carrie Bradshaw, House actress Lisa Edelstein said: “It wasn’t a rumour. That actually happened.”
Lisa went as far as signing a contract for the role. “I was either going to do it or not. It all depended on whether she said yes,” Lisa said in reference to Sarah Jessica Parker's indecision. “My contract was complete. I was waiting.”
Sandra Bernhard as Miranda Hobbes
Sandra Bernhard told Howard Stern a while back that she passed on the character that eventually went to Cynthia Nixon because she felt the script wasn't very good.
Ouchie...
Alec Baldwin as Big
SATC's creator Darren Star revealed that 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin very nearly took the role of Big instead of Chris Noth.
"I was thinking of Alec Baldwin for Big initially," he told Entertainment Weekly. "But I met with Chris Noth and thought he was perfect. I remember the first table read, how good he was. I'm not saying that Chris was Mr. Big, but he brought a lot of his own persona to the role."
Aidan Quinn as Aidan Shaw
Darren also said that the role of Aidan Shaw nearly went to Aidan Quinn instead of John Corbett.
"We initially were thinking about Aidan Quinn for Aidan, but I think he wasn’t available. I loved John Corbett in Northern Exposure, and we were like, ‘Well, what’s John Corbett been up to?’ He just had the laconic, dudish vibe. But we kept ‘Aidan’ because we loved the name.”
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