As a first step,Sex and the CitycreatorDarren Starlooked to classic female-fronted series.
Star asked for something sexy and sophisticated, to let the audience know it was okay to laugh.
After Darren heard it once, he said, “You hit a home run.”
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That almost never happens.
It’s very, very infectious.
It captured exactly the feeling that I wanted.
We recorded the song near the Empire State Building.
[Laughs]
Cuomo:I heard that it was Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ringtone.
And part of learning about life is getting splashed by a bus.
She has this moment of glory that ended very quickly.
I hadn’t [yet] been Carrie Bradshaw for a long time.
If we had shot it a year later, I would’ve understood exactly how she walks.
But that was part of figuring it out that day.
Star:I think we got it on the first or second take.
Parker:Someone was throwing buckets of water at me.
Well, not buckets, but enough for me to have to avoid it.
If I was cold, I survived.
It’s so little to ask of me.
Star hired costume designerPatricia Fieldfor the opening sequence.
Patricia Field:It was very difficult for the producers to understand the tutu.
Star:I remember thinking, “Wow, a tutu?”
But Pat and Sarah Jessica were very committed to it.
We didone pass where Carrie’s in a beautiful blue dress, but she doesn’t get splashed.
Instead she trips when she sees the ad.
Parker:I tripped a lot that day!
I remember the shoesthey were leopard-print and strappy.
I wore them throughout the first seasonwereallyasked a lot of that shoe.
It nodded to a person but wasn’t reflective of everything we knew her to be.
But I just thought the whole thing was right.
In the end, the tutu won.
