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Sarah Jessica Parker Reveals She Tried to Get Out of ‘Sex and the City’

The actress admitted she “panicked” after landing her iconic role as Carrie Bradshaw.

Sex and the City transformed Sarah Jessica Parker from a star into an icon, but the actress wasn’t always so sure about her role. Appearing on co-star Kristin Davis’ podcast Are You A Charlotte?, Parker admitted she tried to “get out” of the role shortly after shooting the pilot. “I talked to my agents and I said, ‘Hey, can you get me out of this?’” said Parker, who later won an Emmy for playing Carrie, starred in two spin-off films, and now leads the reboot, And Just Like That... Parker explained that while she had a “lovely” experience filming the pilot, the thought of committing to a series left her feeling “depressed,” and she “panicked” when the series was picked up by HBO. Though she had appeared in numerous series by the time she filmed Sex and the City, Parker said signing on to a show with no predetermined end date initially felt “oppressive,” as she’d envisioned herself as more of a “journeyman” actor who would juggle multiple roles in theatre, TV, and film. Despite her initial reservations, however, Parker assured her co-star that once they started filming the first season, “There was no place I would rather have been than on our set every single solitary day.”