Sarah Jessica Parker has proposed a theory that could fundamentally change how viewers interpret Sex and the City. The actress, who played Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO series, suggested that Carrie's three best friends – Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda – may have been figments of her imagination.
In an interview with News.com.au, Parker explained: “Sometimes I’m like, hmmm, just to mess with myself. Think about it – did Carrie make them up? She’s telling a story every week. This is her point of view, it’s almost always her point of view.” She pointed to the episode where Carrie goes to Paris and leaves her computer as evidence: “For the first time Carrie wasn’t telling the story. She left her computer which was the conduit through which the audiences knows about Charlotte, Miranda… Samantha.”
The original series aired from 1998 to 2004, followed by two sequel films in 2010. A planned third film was cancelled in 2017; it would have reportedly focused on the death of Mr Big from a heart attack. Sex and the City is available to stream on Sky Go and NOW TV.
