Here are some facts about Sex and the City you may not have known:
Did You Know...
- Mr. Big's real name, John, is not revealed until the very last scene of the very last episode. His full name, John James Preston, is not revealed until the first movie.
- Jason Lewis who plays Smith Jerrod originally got hired to be a waiter at the restaurant Raw: that's it! The audience loved him so much that he got a full-time character on the show. He even appeared in both movies.
-Throughout the seasons, Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha all move into new apartments or even new homes at some point. Carrie doesn't move until the second to last episode of the last season (when she moves to Paris). She of course comes back to her same apartment in New York during the last episode.
-The season 4 finale "I Heart NY" was filmed before the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The air date however was February 10, 2002; a few short months after the event. Darren Star, one of the creators of the show, confirmed that this episode was in fact coincidently a love letter to the city of New York.
-Sarah Jessica Parker had a clause in her TV contract stating that she will never do any full nudity scenes. The other 3 girls have either done full nudity (like Samantha) or at least partial nudity.
-In the beginning episodes of season 1, there are several scenes where some of the characters talk into the camera ( as if they are directly talking to the audience). This aspect of the show got removed in later episodes of the season and never reappeared.
-Cynthia Nixon who plays Miranda does not actually have pierced ears. All of her earrings are clip ons!
-When Carrie moves to Paris in the second to last episode of the series, she leaves her laptop at her New York apartment. This is when her voice-overs stop as they always represented her writing her column which she no longer does once in Paris.