<p id=”par-1_69″>Bradley Cooper had an often-forgotten role in <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/sex-and-the-city/”><em>Sex and the City</em></a>. While Cooper is known as a movie star now, when he was cast in the iconic HBO series, he was an unknown. The <em>Maestro</em> star has spoken about his time on the set multiple times over the years. For example, Cooper revealed he was terrified on set because he lied about his ability to drive a manual car. </p>
<p id=”par-2_32″>In a recent appearance, Cooper explained that he had a good reason for lying. He once quipped that he assumed he would never land a role opposite <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sex-and-the-city-how-many-books-did-carrie-bradshaw-write.html/”>Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw</a>. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-who-did-bradley-cooper-play-in-sex-and-the-city-nbsp”>Who did Bradley Cooper play in ‘Sex and the City’ </h2>
<p id=”par-3_71″>Bradley Cooper appeared in a single episode of <em>Sex and the City</em>‘s second season. In the episode “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?” Carrie Bradshaw is despondent after she appears on a magazine cover looking downtrodden and haggard. Carrie argued that she agreed to appear on the magazine cover when she thought the cover story was “Single and Fabulous” with an exclamation point instead of “Single and Fabulous” with a question mark. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full is-resized” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high” width=”1200″ height=”909″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=’Bradley Cooper and Sarah Jessica Parker attend the “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City’ class=”wp-image-3626091″ style=”width:1200px” srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg 1200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=640&h=485 640w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=768&h=582 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=1024&h=776 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=462&h=350 462w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=223&h=169 223w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=200&h=152 200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=669&h=507 669w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cooper-and-Parker-Sex-and-the-CXity.jpg?w=79&h=60 79w” sizes=”(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Bradley Cooper and Sarah Jessica Parker | Larry Busacca/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_36″>The “hostile punctuation” haunted her when she met Jake in a bar. Desperate to feel good about herself, Carrie accepts his advances, but she can’t outrun the magazine cover. Cooper portrayed Jake. His character never reappeared. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-bradley-cooper-lied-at-his-sex-and-the-city-audition-because-he-didn-t-think-he-d-ever-land-a-role”>Bradley Cooper lied at his ‘Sex and the City’ audition because he didn’t think he’d ever land a role </h2>
<p id=”par-5_83″>According to <a href=”https://people.com/bradley-cooper-explains-being-terrified-sex-and-the-city-filming-8575478″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>, Bradley Cooper appeared at the Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this month. He discussed his brief stint on <em>Sex and the City</em>. During a Q&A, Cooper told the crowd that he lied about being able to drive a stick shift when he auditioned for the role. He joked that he lied because, at the time, he didn’t think people landed roles through auditions. Instead, he said, he operated as if he was a doorman who was simply lucky to audition for parts. </p>
<p id=”par-6_72″>Things got serious for Cooper when he did land the role, a first for the actor. He came clean about being unable to drive a manual. While he was given a crash course in <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/bradley-cooper-learned-a-valuable-lesson-about-the-difference-between-a-porsche-and-a-volkswagen-on-the-set-of-sex-and-the-city.html/”>driving a stick shift</a>, he still couldn’t get the job done. The production team worked around it. Instead of Cooper driving the car, a stand-in peeled away from the curb with Sarah Jessica Parker in the passenger seat. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-show-was-the-jumping-off-point-for-several-other-stars-nbsp”>The show was the jumping-off point for several other stars </h2>
<p id=”par-7_51″>Cooper has been outspoken about his brief stint on <em>Sex and the City</em>, but he’s far from the only star who got a taste of TV production on the iconic series. Before <em>2 Broke Girls, </em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kat-dennings-was-tapped-for-her-role-in-2-broke-girls-because-of-a-gig-on-sex-and-the-city.html/”>Kat Dennings</a> played Jenny Briar, a teen Samantha Jones called the “Brat Mitzvah beast.” Dennings appeared in one episode. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full is-resized” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” width=”1200″ height=”1174″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie) and John Slattery (Bill) act in a scene from the HBO television series “Sex and the City” third season, episode “Where There’s Smoke”.” class=”wp-image-3626288″ style=”width:1200px” srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg 1200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=511&h=500 511w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=768&h=751 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=1024&h=1002 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=358&h=350 358w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=173&h=169 173w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=200&h=196 200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=518&h=507 518w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parker-and-Slattery.jpg?w=61&h=60 61w” sizes=”(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw) and John Slattery (Bill Kelley) | Paramount Pictures/Newsmakers</figcaption></figure>
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