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Sex and the City (1998) - 70 trivia entries

starring Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker (add more)

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Cynthia Nixon, who plays redhead Miranda Hobbes, is a natural blonde. She had to dye her hair for the role.

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Carrie is the only main character who never appears nude (she is either dressed or covered by something). Sarah Jessica Parker had a strict "no nudity" clause in her contract.

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After the first season, the producers hated having to refer to phone numbers by tv and movie standards (beginning with 555) that they purchased two real phone numbers to use throughout the rest of the series.

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Because Cynthia Nixon doesn't have pierced ears, all of the earrings she was seen wearing were clip-ons.

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shortcomings (series 2)

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Justin Theroux, who plays Carrie's date/boyfriend Vaughn in this episode, also stars in a previous episode. In that episode, "The Monogamists" from series 1, his name is Jared and he's a novelist just like Vaughn is in the "Shortcomings" episode.

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what goes around comes around (series 3)

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When Carrie and Samantha are walking to the party, they stop when they find out it's actually located at a college dorm. The name of the dorm is shown as 'Coulter Hall'. This is an homage to Allen Coulter, the director of this episode.

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don't ask, don't tell (series 3)

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During the scenes when the girls are trying on their bridesmaid dresses, they were actually filmed in the real Vera Wang dress shop.

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At the beginning of Charlotte's wedding, they are playing an actual Scottish funeral dirge. This is to symbolize Charlotte losing herself in a bad marriage.

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running with scissors (series 3)

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Whenever we see the 'sandwich guy', his voice is actually that of Michael Patrick King.

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During the scene when Charlotte and Anthony are looking at wedding dresses, it was actually filmed at the real Vera Wang.

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all or nothing (series 3)

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When Carrie is seeing Aiden off to PA, she says in voiceover, "Until the morning". The scene is set to be in the early morning, during sunrise. But it was actually filmed at sunset, at the end of the day, because they ran out of time. They added the birds chirping to make it seem like morning.

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During this scene when Miranda is having phone sex, the male actor's voice is not dubbed or edited in. Instead of using him in voiceover, he is actually in the next room, talking live on the phone to Cynthia Nixon.

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This scene was actually filmed at Bergdorf Goodman. And the plates they are holding, are actually the price mentioned in the show.

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easy come, easy go (series 3)

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According to the commentary, Natasha always wears white in the show, every single time, until the very end of her story arc.

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When Trey and Charlotte are viewed through the Tiffany window, it isn't the actual window. Tiffany would not allow cameras to film inside their store, so the show built a fake Tiffany window. But Tiffany sent their dressers to dress the window, to make it appear authentic to the real thing.

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i heart ny (series 4)

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The apartment shown in this scene as Big's, was the same apartment they used for Trey and Charlotte. They had to reconfigure the living room to make it look like Big's again, because he had been out of the series for so long.

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The large 'moon' seen in this scene was not the real moon. It was actually a light that got caught on film, and they decided to shape it into the moon.

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In this scene with Miranda giving birth, the doctor shown is a real MD. They wanted to use a real doctor who knew how to handle a baby.

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The painting being shown in this scene, is actually the real Monet's Water Lilies. It was also filmed in the real Museum Of Modern Art.

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In this scene when Carrie is walking out of Mr. Big's apartment, all of the autumn leaves were tinted, and not real. Everything was very green when they were actually filming.

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