But after conversing with CAA agent Lee Gabler and then-HBO executive Chris Albrecht — and after Sex and the City hired co-producer Barry Jossen (with whom Parker worked on the 1995 film Miami Rhapsody) and costume designer Patricia Field — the eventual Carrie Bradshaw portrayer began to see the light.

As Parker explained it, the experience of filming the show's first episode was "lovely," but she "forgot all about it" until one day, she was walking down a street in New York Cit

Although she'll always be a Carrie, Sarah Jessica Parker almost turned down her iconic starring role in 'Sex and the City'.