Here are a list of Sex And the City Trivia that you may or may not have known, but I thought they were very interesting and I wanted to share.
The medicine cabinet in Carrie's apartment was first spied by Sarah Jessica Parker at a flea market shortly before filming began on the series. She and Matthew Broderick didn't buy it but reconsidered. When they went back, the cabinet was already sold to "some TV show". When she showed up for filming, the medicine cabinet was there.
The naturally blond Cynthia Nixon dyes her hair red to play Miranda on the show.
Carrie meets Mr. Big in the very first episode.
On the day she shot the scene where she goes to the Paris Cinema to see "Joy for Two" and it later rains very heavily, Sarah Jessica Parker wasn't feeling well, so she sent her assistant to fetch her a home pregnancy test. She learned she was in fact pregnant just before shooting the scene; scripted as a rather giddy, happy scene (it is in the episode, "Anchors Away!"), this obviously helps explains why she is extra-smiley.
The ballerina tutu that Sarah Jessica Parker is wearing in the opening credits cost only $5 from a vintage store.
Carrie's boyfriend Jack Berger (played by Ron Livingston) said "He's just not that into you" only once in a 2003 episode. This line was ranked #13 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 20 Top Catchphrases" (21-27 August 2005 issue).
All of Season 1 was shot on 16mm film. It is the only one of the 6 seasons to be shot on this stock.
The final word spoken in the very last episode was "Fabulous".
The show became so popular that a tour was setup to view the New York City locations of the series by bus.
In the very beginning of the show the last thing "Mr. Big" says to Carrie is Abso-f***in-lutely. And in the very last episode, he says that after he and Carrie return from Paris.
From the very first season up to the 12th episode of the 4th season, in the opening credits, Sarah Jessica Parker's name was shown with the World Trade Center towers behind her name. After the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001 and the collapse of the towers, her name then appeared with the Empire State Building in the background. The same thing happened with the show's main title.
Kim Cattrall turned down the role of Samantha Jones twice before being convinced by Darren Star's boyfriend to give it a try and shoot the pilot episode.
And here are some goofs:
In the opening credits, a close-up of the bus that splashed Carrie shows that it was full of people. But as the bus rounds the corner, it is totally empty.
In Season 2, ep. 13 ("Games people play"), crew can be seen reflected on the TV in the back when Carrie writes her article
In episode 13 of season 4 ("The Good Fight"), the display on Samantha's cell phone shows 07/20/01 as the date. When she answers the phone, she says "Richard, it's Sunday." July 20, 2001, was a Friday.
In addition, we hear the phone ring before she answers it. The phone's display shows a speaker symbol with a slash through it, indicating that the phone is in "silent" mode (no ringer or vibration).
In the first episode of the first season Mr. Big's car windows aren't tinted when he offers Carrie a ride. When she gets out and asks him a question, they are tinted.
In the fetish episode when Big goes to Paris for a few days for work, he returns to New York and Carrie shows up at his door with McDonalds. In the kitchen, the position of her bag and the french fries (both on the counter top) changes constantly throughout the scene.
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