Cynthia Nixon auditioned to play Carrie Bradshaw in 'Intercourse and the Metropolis' earlier than she was casted as Miranda
- Earlier than she turned Miranda Hobbes, Cynthia Nixon auditioned to play Carrie Bradshaw in ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis.’
- Talking on the ‘And Simply Like That… The Writers Room’ podcast, Nixon shared particulars about her audition course of.
- The podcast episode comes a few week after the solid celebrated the present’s twenty fifth anniversary.
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Earlier than she scored the function of Miranda Hobbes, Cynthia Nixon tried to audition for the function of Carrie Bradshaw in ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis.’
Talking on the ‘And Simply 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 referred to as as much as learn for the function of Carrie.
“They introduced me in to audition for Carrie. I auditioned and so they have been like, ‘Yeah, not a lot,'” Nixon mentioned on the podcast.
After being rejected for the function, the actress mentioned that she was nonetheless eager to be a part of the sequence as a result of it appeared like there have been going to be different roles that they wanted to fill for the present.
“And I mentioned to myself — and I am normally not so proactive — however I used to be like, on the time, it did not appear to be there have been 4 ladies, it appeared there have been, like, seven,” Nixon added. “And I used to be like, it is a present that shoots in New York. This by no means occurs. There’s received to be a type of ladies I can play. Could not they see me for anyone else?”
Different fashionable exhibits that have been meant to happen in New York, together with “Pals” and “Seinfeld,” have been largely shot in Los Angeles.
Finally, Nixon was requested again to learn for the function of Miranda.
“And my supervisor of, like, nonetheless a few years — I can not even calculate it — mentioned to me earlier than I went in for Miranda, she was like, ‘Possibly you may comb your hair. Possibly you may put on some lipstick,'” Nixon mentioned, including that the present’s producers auditioned her “a number of occasions.”
And Nixon’s not the one one within the ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’ solid who tried for the function of Carrie.
In the course of the podcast, Nixon’s castmate Davis — who performs Charlotte York — additionally revealed that she was requested to audition for Carrie too, though she felt like she wasn’t really proper for the half.
“And I bear in mind one line within the script it mentioned, ‘Carrie has the physique of Heather Locklear and the thoughts of Dorothy Parker,'” Davis mentioned. “And I used to be like, ‘That’s cute, however I can not play that half. Like, what are you considering?'”
The podcast episode comes a few week after the solid of ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’ celebrated the present’s twenty fifth anniversary.
The second season of the spinoff ‘And Simply Like That’ will premiere on June 22. The sequel follows a lot of the unique characters navigating their lives and friendships now that they are of their 50s.