- Before she became Miranda Hobbes, Cynthia Nixon auditioned to play Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City."
- Speaking on the "And Just Like That… The Writers Room" podcast, Nixon shared details about her audition process.
Before she scored the role of Miranda Hobbes, Cynthia Nixon tried to audition for the role of Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City."
Speaking on the "And Just Like That… The Writers Room" podcast on Thursday alongside castmates Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis, the 57-year-old actress revealed that she was called up to read for the role of Carrie.
"They brought me in to audition for Carrie. I auditioned and they were like, 'Yeah, not so much,'" Nixon said on the podcast.
After being rejected for the role, the actress said that she was still keen to be part of the series because it seemed like there were going to be other roles that they needed to fill for the show.
"And I said to myself — and I'm usually not so proactive — but I was like, at the time, it didn't seem like there were four women, it seemed there were, like, seven," Nixon added. "And I was like, 'It's a show that shoots in New York. This never happens. There's got to be one of those women I can play. Couldn't they see me for somebody else?'"
Other popular shows that were meant to take place in New York, including "Friends" and "Seinfeld," were mostly shot in Los Angeles.
Eventually, Nixon was asked back to read for the role of Miranda.
"And my manager of, like, however many years — I can't even calculate it — said to me before I went in for Miranda, she was like, 'Maybe you could comb your hair. Maybe you could wear some lipstick,'" Nixon said, adding that the show's producers auditioned her "a lot of times."
And Nixon's not the only one in the "Sex and the City" cast who tried for the role of Carrie.
During the podcast, Nixon's castmate Davis — who plays Charlotte York — also revealed that she was asked to audition for Carrie too, even though she felt like she wasn't truly right for the part.
"And I remember one line in the script it said, 'Carrie has the body of Heather Locklear and the mind of Dorothy Parker,'" Davis said. "And I was like, 'That is adorable, but I can't play that part. Like, what are you thinking?'"
The podcast episode comes about a week after the cast of "Sex and the City" celebrated the show's 25th anniversary.
The second season of the spinoff "And Just Like That" will premiere on June 22. The sequel follows most of the original characters navigating their lives and friendships now that they're in their 50s.