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Sarah Jessica Parker Interview
By: Article by Alison Friedow. Interview by Markin Abras
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Sex and the City Take Two: Sarah Jessica Parker talks with MacDirectory
Love aficionada, fashion diva and Mac user Carrie Bradshaw, (aka Sarah Jessica Parker) is back and sexier than ever.
Sarah Jessica Parker has taken the city and the big screen once again as the leading lady in the film Sex and the City 2. This sequel to the critically acclaimed Sex and the City: The Movie that debuted in 2008 was recently introduced in theaters in the U.S. on May 27, 2010.
Since the show first aired on HBO some 12 years ago, audiences of many kinds have grown to love the humor, wit, and honesty displayed by the four central female characters, Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon).
While each character has found a unique place in the hearts of fans, it is Carrie whom we know best, as Sex and the City episodes were told largely from her perspective. For over a decade, through her inner monologues and reflections in her columns about her love affair with New York city, fashion, and various men, she captured the hearts and minds of fans.
Some identify with Carrie Bradshaw’s long and at times painful search for love and happiness; some admire her daring fashion sense and independent New York spirit; others are drawn to the ways she openly addresses issues that matter to many women, including sex, financial and career matters, and the importance of maintaining connections with strong female friends.
Whatever it is that brings audiences close to Carrie and the other women characters in the show, fans remained loyal through six successful seasons and came out in droves in 2008 to view the first film, which, in the first three days, grossed $55.7 million. This impressive debut made Sex and the City: The Movie the top-opening R-rated romantic comedy of all time.
The filming of the sequel, which began September 1, 2009, has reignited fans’ love affair with the show, Parker/Carrie, and the other leading ladies. It has also sparked curiosity as to what might happen next in the story of these characters’ lives.
Fans were happy to hear that nearly all of the original cast returned for the sequel. All four women stars, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, and Kim Cattrall will be featured in the movie. In addition, Chris Noth returned as Carrie’s now husband, Mr. Big. Evan Handler returned as Harry, the husband of Kristin Davis’ character, and David Eigenberg returned to play Steve Brady, the husband of Cynthia Nixon’s character.
In addition, John Corbett returned as Aidan Shaw, Carrie’s former love interest and her once fiancée. Writer and Director Michael Patrick King, and wardrobe expert Patricia Fields also returned ensuring the second movie lives up to the success of series and of the first film.
Production for the sequel began September 1, 2009 and continued until the end of 2009, and scenes were filmed in both New York City and Morocco. Though part of the movie actually takes place in Dubai, authorities in the emirate would not allow clearance for production there; instead, this portion of the movie was actually filmed in Morocco, where crews shot the stars for nearly six weeks.
The full trailer for Sex and the City 2 was released on April 8th, 2010. It features music from Jay-Z and Alisha Keys’ “Empire State of Mind,” and opens with a scene where Carrie and Mr. Big celebrate their second anniversary. The trailer also shows scenes from an all girl’s trip to Dubai, where the four leading women retreat to renew their friendship and experience a short escape from daily life back home in New York City.
The trailer also reveals scenes with other stars big stars such as Penelope Cruz and Liza Minnelli. In addition, it was reported that Kim Cattrall’s character Samantha Jones was photographed in a wedding dress, igniting rumors that the sequel may possibly feature a wedding for this fiercely independent character.
Regardless, Sarah Jessica Parker and the others stars are certain to put on an entertaining show for fans in this movie.
Parker sat down with MacDirectory Publisher Markin Abras to tell readers more about her character Carrie Bradshaw, as well as Parker and her family’s use of Macs on and off the set.
Markin Abras: I understand that you are not like \"Carrie\" in real life. But I\'m curious, has her character taught you anything in your own life?
Sarah Jessica Parker: Yes I think so. One of the qualities that Carrie possesses that I find very admirable is that she is not very judging. She does not judge her friends. She is very good about accepting people\'s choices and being open. Behind this is a keen observer, I think that allows her to not be super critical the way we tend to be as friends.
MA: And do you find yourself sharing some of those qualities?
SJP: Well, I don\'t. I admire them. I don\'t know that I am as forgiving as a person when we talk about people\'s choices because I probably worry more about my friends in a way that may be misinterpreted as critical. It is hard for people to be so open and I like this quality.
I love Carrie\'s love affair with New York and that is something I can relate to. I related to her compassion. What I have learned and loved from her is how much friendship means to her and how deeply devoted she is to her women friends. I love that and I think it is deep with my own relationships with my women friends because it is such a wonderful part of life.
MA: You have become a role model to a lot of independent women from the way Carrie thinks to how her character deals with particular issues. Is this something that you expected to happen?
SJP: To be honest, I don\'t feel like a role model. I think Carrie might be very interesting to a lot of people. Carrie might be very relatable, and maybe in some cases, inspiring to women. But I am very much a separate person so I simply don\'t think I am a role model. Carrie is a sort of a \"revelatory\" character in a lot of ways because she is deeply flawed, but she is very loving. She is a very well rounded person in a more human way than we are accustomed to seeing on television. She struggles with smoking, she struggles with relationships and she struggles with finances...
MA: Which everybody does...
SJP: Yes, everybody does and we don\'t see that much in television because it is simply not done for probably a lot of reasons.
MA: Also, the character Carrie is seen as a fashion icon. Does this make you feel that you have to keep up that image off the show?
SJP: We are certainly aware that the show now has this \"fifth\" character, which is the fashion. She (fashion) and New York City are sort of the \"fifth\" lady at the show. So we are certainly aware that people pay attention, but we try very hard not to be result oriented about the clothing. If we start thinking that people are paying attention or perhaps looking to see what we are doing, you are going to do things self consciously and it is hard in fashion not to be self conscious anyway. So we sort of just get inspired by people around us, by a period of time, by an idea that I had one night or by Pat Fields. We sort of take it from there rather than try to leave up to some idea.
MA: In the show and first film, I have always noticed that when you write your column, you used an Apple computer (Macintosh).
SJP: Yes, no cell phones and Apple fits into her ideas of compromising with the modern world and still feeling like it is a typewriter. She likes being an old fashioned gal. She still has a rotary dial phone, she does not have a cell phone, she never will.
MA: You are right. I never noticed that. And she loves that Mac!
SJP: I am not sure if you saw the HBO episode where it crashes. She does something wrong and she wraps it in a Pashmina [cashmere scarf] and takes it to Tekserve. She is really completely devoted to her Mac.
MA: You said that you have a Mac at home...
SJP: Yes, I do!
MA: How about Mathew?
SJP: Oh well, he only uses Macs! He has two and our offices are only Macs.
MA: So who got it first?
SJP: Matthew. I didn\'t know anything about computers until I met Matthew.
MA: Is he the one that introduced you to Apple products?
SJP: He is the one that said that I should get a Mac. He loves the Mac and we both have the MacBook Pros and he also has the little white iBook. It is really lovely. In our offices we have the G4\'s. And then my brother also has the really beautiful iMac with the unbelievable [flat panel] screen.
MA: Yes, they are beautiful...
SJP: Oh my god! They are amazing! But on another note, I missed the boat on the Apple Cube machine years ago! I was renovating my house and I hoped that when I moved to my house, they would be still available. I designed my entire office around the Cube but I missed it.
MA: Oh well, just send the home renovation bills to Steve Jobs. Apple, unfortunately, discontinued them. The Cube was probably one of Steve Jobs\'s most ambitious and beautiful creations.
SJP: I know. It was so beautiful. It was magnificent. It was like a piece of art. It should be in the Museum of Modern Art!
MA: Speaking of Steve Jobs, what do you think about him?
SJP: I think he is completely inspired and an inspiring individual. He is in a cutthroat really competitive industry. And what I am most impressed with, knowing the competitive aspect of the computing industry, is that he is able to be a very creative person. Thinking of new and exciting ways of handling your daily business and also to appeal to artists, engineers and financial people and plumbers and housewives and actors... Steve Jobs has really a keen sense of what people will respond to and how to keep the hum-drum stuff of life often interesting.
To catch your next glimpse of Parker in her role as Carrie Bradshaw, be sure to check out Sex and the City 2.
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Very nice interview. Good job MacDirectory!