Sex and the City can be seen on Netflix: 30 anecdotes and 5 memorable phrases from the series

Now that Netflix has announced it Sex and the city will complement its catalog, we will examine the anecdotes of the series with Sarah Jessica Parkerbroadcast on HBO from 1998 to 2004.

From how much Parker earned per episode – almost ten times more than the rest of the cast of friends – to the changes in the original book, to the story of the medicine cabinet in Carrie’s apartment, to the tensions on the filming set…

Netflix will do so starting in April in the US and other territories; it has not yet been announced when it will reach subscribers in Argentina.

Below, then, 30 anecdotes and 5 anthological sentences from the series HBOfrom yapa.

• Sarah Jessica Parker had a clause in her contract that stated she would not do any full nudity. That’s why the audience sees Carrie only in underwear, while all the other main female characters were filmed in much less underwear…

• Kim Cattrall turned down the role of Samantha Jones twice before being convinced by Darren Star’s boyfriend to try it out and film the pilot. Sex and the city.

• The medicine cabinet from Carrie’s apartment was first seen by Sarah Jessica Parker at a market shortly before filming began. She and her husband Matthew Broderick went away, thought about it and reconsidered. When they returned, the furniture had already been sold to “some TV show”. When Sarah went to film, the first aid kit was there.

• Early episodes had characters looking directly into the camera lens and commenting on the events of the story. This element was removed in the final episodes of season 2.

• It was the first cable series to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

• The show became so popular that a tour was organized to see the series’ locations in New York City by bus.

• Donald Trump made a cameo in the second season and, coincidentally, presented Cynthia Nixon with her Emmy Award for the show’s final season.

• Willie Garson played Stanford, Carrie’s friend, who is gay. Throughout the series, Garson never spoke about his sexuality in public. After the show ended, he confirmed that he was straight but didn’t reveal it because he didn’t want to confuse fans of the show.

• Sarah Jessica Parker spent up to 18 hours a day wearing heels playing Carrie.

• The ballerina tutu Sarah Jessica Parker wears in the opening credits costs just $5 at a vintage store.

• Kristin Davis was offered the role of Carrie Bradshaw, but turned it down to play Charlotte York.

• There are only eight episodes in season five, due to Sarah Jessica Parker’s pregnancy.

• Originally, the show was going to be an anthology series with just Carrie and a different story each week, but series creator Darren Star decided to give her a group of regular friends.

• Chris Noth (Mr. Big) was accused of sexual abuse three years ago. He denied the facts. None of the five women who said they had been assaulted later reported it.

• Although Carrie says her address is 245 E. 73rd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the most common exterior of her iconic brownstone apartment is 66 Perry Street in the West Village, which is 4,000 square feet and has five bedrooms. The exterior has become a popular tourist attraction, but a chain prevents people from climbing the stairs as it is a private residence.

• Candace Bushnell (author of the book the series was based on) was the one who nominated Mr. Big. “He was one of those New York guys with a big personality — you know it as soon as he walks in the room,” Bushnell told the magazine. New York magazine. “I called him Mr. Big because he was like a big man on campus.”

• The original story between Charlotte and Trey was that he was a very boring husband and the girls didn’t understand why she was so happy with him. Next, they changed the character and made him fun and interesting.

• Cynthia Nixon, a natural blonde, dyed her hair red to play Miranda.

• Until the end of the series, stories leaked out Page six almost weekly about on-set tensions between stars Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker. According to a 2008 book proposal purchased by Clifford Streit, on-set tensions began because Cattrall was “a natural comedian and a scene stealer in the best possible sense.” New York Post revealed that at the end of season six, none of the main girls would talk to Cattrall, as they had sided with Parker, who was also a producer on the series and a friend of showrunner Michael Patrick King. She got to the point where Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis sat together while Cattrall sat alone at the 2004 Emmy Awards.

• Over the course of the show, all the characters move into new apartments, except Carrie.

• Cynthia Nixon doesn’t have pierced ears. All of her earrings on the show were clip-on earrings. Sometimes costume designers would send earrings they liked to a jeweler to be made into clip-on earrings.

• Sarah Jessica Parker said they had to literally woo Mikhail Baryshnikov to accept the role of Aleksandr Petrovsky, including sending him flowers.

• During the last three seasons of the series, Sarah Jessica Parker received $3.2 million per episode. She’s also increased her involvement behind the scenes, going from “executive consultant” in season one to producer, co-executive producer and, in season six, executive producer. Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon’s net salary at the show’s peak was $350,000 per episode.

• Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie) and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) had known each other since their days as pre-teen Broadway actresses before being cast in this series.

• Samantha is the only one of the four protagonists to have never seen a family member in the series. Relatives of Charlotte and Miranda have appeared, and Carrie’s father appears once in photographic form. They mention Samantha’s mother once when she has the flu and Carrie helps take care of her by preparing medicine for her mother’s baby.

• From season one to episode 12 of season four, the opening credits showed Sarah Jessica Parker’s name with the World Trade Center towers behind her name. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States and the collapse of the towers, her name appeared with the Empire State Building in the background. The same thing happened with the main title of the program.

• At the end of the series, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the four lead actresses were asked what was the most embarrassing thing their characters had been asked to do. Sarah Jessica Parker recalled that she was asked to include flatulence in front of Chris Noth’s character. Kim Cattrall remembers having a double-sided orange wig fixed to a more delicate part of her body. Kristin Davis’s shot was inspired by Graduation (1967) in which she and a male individual appear masturbating, which was ultimately eliminated from the episode. Cynthia Nixon’s most embarrassing action was talking dirty during sex. Nixon said that “it wasn’t embarrassing to film, but it was embarrassing to watch.”

• Shot on 16mm film during all seasons. A 35mm film was requested for the sixth and final season, but was rejected by HBO due to rising costs.

• Since the show ended, several television networks have aired marathons of it as counterprogramming to the Super Bowl game, which, in 2014, still draws large audiences.

And yes, 5 sentences

“Do not stop thinking about him for a single moment, for that will be the moment he appears” – Carrie Bradshaw

“Marriage does not guarantee a happy ending, only an ending” – Samantha Jones

“Orgasms don’t send you postcards or hold your hand through a sad movie” – Charlotte York

“I don’t choose the wrong men. They choose me” – Carrie Bradshaw

“I don’t have a plan, I have a dress” – Carrie Bradshaw