Dana Delaney as Carrie
Dana Delaney as Carrie
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 11:00am
I was watching the TV Guide channel last night and they were playing a show about the biggest blunders in tv history.
One of the things they said was that Dana Delaney turned down the role of Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City. Can you imagine how great that show would have been if Delaney was Carrie rather than that horse-faced scarecrow that got the role?
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#2Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 11:08am
No. Although the character infuriated me at times, Sarah Jessica Parker was perfectly cast, and the chemistry between the four actresses was great.
Dana made a dynamite Colleen McMurphy, though.
#2Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 11:13am
I'm sure Dana would have been fine, but I think the show would have been very different.
I thought SJP et al were perfect in their respective roles. I loved that show.
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#3Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 11:16am
LOL. I thought you meant THIS Carrie...
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#5Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 12:39pmI like Dana Delaney, but I think Sarah was perfectly cast for Sex and the City. And I think Sarah's gorgeous as well. Her performance was pretty much pitch-perfect for the character and show (as well as in The Family Stone). And she must have done pretty well to have created such an instantly iconic character (so much so that she is often assumed to have the exact same behavior and fashion sensibility). Just this weekend, I saw Sarah's appearance on Graham Norton. She was utterly charming and looked stunning. They even discussed how people are often intimidated by Sarah, assuming they have to dress up in the latest fashion when appearing with her, which she immediately shot down because she explained she's simply NOT Carrie Bradshaw. If Dana were to replace anyone on the show, I could see her as Samantha.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#6Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:30pmYou gotta love any actress who can live down EXIT TO EDEN.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#7Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 5:48pmSJP may not be as "attractive" as Dana Delaney but she is not scarecrow! LOL LOL
#8Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 5:50pmI don't think she's "horse-faced", either.
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#9Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/1/10 at 9:21pmI also think SJP brings a NYC energy to the show being a theatre actress and a woman who lives in NYC. I think that translates into the Carrie character.
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#10Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/2/10 at 1:35amI thought Stephen King's CARRIE as well. Didn't know if this was a bad nightmare, remake, or whatever.
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StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#11Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/2/10 at 1:53am
I thought this referred to Carrie the movie also.
I cannot imagine Dana Delany in the SITC role. At all. Ugh.
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#12Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/2/10 at 2:25amI can see her as Samantha, but not Carrie. And not Carrie either!
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#13Dana Delaney as Carrie
Posted: 3/2/10 at 10:01amOh..... not about the Theodore Dreiser novel.
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