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Sandra Bernhard says she turned down role of Miranda on “Sex and the City” and rips Sarah Jessica Parker
Can you imagine Sandra Bernhard in the role of Miranda Hobbs in Sex and the City?
I really can’t but apparently it could have happened.
In a new interview with Howard Stern, Bernhard said she turned down the part because she thought the original script was “terrible” and low paycheck.
“It has nothing to do with selling out, it just wasn’t any good,” Bernhard explained, before going on to note, “Had it been a good script, had I thought it had legs, I would have done it…even Cynthia Nixon [who eventually landed the role and won an Emmy for it] admits it didn’t catch on until second or third season.”
Then Sandra added: “[I would have had] to play third or fourth fiddle to Sarah Jessica Parker and put up with her s**t. It would have been hideous to work with her. Ask any of those ladies on that show…nobody gets along, I don’t think.”
Gee, real classy.
I think Bernhard is funny and talented but I’m glad she didn’t take the SATC role. The chemistry between that cast was perfection – one of the most successful ensembles in television history.
And you never really heard any of them say a bad word about each other.
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Larry says:
Greg, are you just being sarcastic or did you not know? The ill will and tension on that show was famous! Kim Cattrall, in particular, was more than vocal about her feelings regarding SJP…
RichB in PS says:
Several years ago a group of us friends declared each of us was one of the tv characters – I was voted and willingly accepted the role of Miranda. I cannot imagine being anyone other than the one played by Cynthia Nixon to this day from day one!
2201 East says:
Little late for Sandra to be bringing it up?