While most fans cheered when the series finale of Sex and The City reunited Carrie Bradshaw with her longtime on-and-off love Mr. Big, series creator Darren Star is singing a different tune, revealing in a new interview that the show’s ending was the ultimate betrayal.
Speaking with Kindle Singles, Darren Star said that Bradshaw’s final suitor went against the show’s hidden meaning.
“At a certain point, you’ve got to let [the writers] follow their vision. … But I think the show ultimately betrayed what it was about, which was that women don’t ultimately find happiness from marriage,” he said. “Not that they can’t. But the show initially was going off script from the romantic comedies that had come before it. That’s what had made women so attached.”;
Star added, “at the end, it became a conventional romantic comedy…But unless you’re there to write every episode, you’re not going to get the ending you want.”;
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The SATC creator went on to reveal that “Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce” star Lisa Edelstein was prepared to replace Sarah Jessica Parker if she had turned down the role. Likewise, actress Lou Thornton was singled out as a backup for Kim Cattrall’s sex-crazed character.
