Kristin Davis in ‘Sex and the City’ and Kristin Scott Thomas in 1999.Photo:Craig Blankenhorn/Hbo/Darren Star Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock; FocKan/WireImage
Craig Blankenhorn/Hbo/Darren Star Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock; FocKan/WireImage
Cynthia Nixoninitially thought British actressKristin Scott Thomaswas playing Charlotte inSex and the City.
Nixon, 58, joined theactualCharlotte,Kristin Davis, 60, on the most recent episode of herSex and the Cityrewatch podcast,Are You a Charlotte?, where she explained the hilarious case of mistaken identity that briefly led her to believe she would be appearing opposite Thomas in the show’s 1998 pilot.
“Sarah [Jessica Parker] and I knew each other quite well. We’d worked together a bunch of times, and we were always auditioning for the same parts and stuff when we were kids. AndKim [Cattrall] I knew a little bit,” Nixon said.
At the time, however, Nixon had never met Davis, who was then based in L.A. and was best known for her portrayal ofBrooke Armstrong Campbell onMelrose Place.
“I didn’t know who you were,” Nixon told Davis, “but I looked at the way you spelled your first name with an ‘i,’ which is unusual — with two is. And I basically — I decided you were Kristin Scott Thomas.”
“I was like, it must be Kristin — that must be Kristin Scott Thomas,” she added.
“You must have been really disappointed,” Davis joked.
Nixon admitted that at the time she wasn’t all that familiar with Thomas either. The British actress was thenbest known in the U.S.for her BAFTA-winning role inFour Weddings and a Funeral(1996) and her Academy Award-nominated performance inThe English Patient(1996).
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Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis in 2023.Eugene Gologursky/Getty
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“That’s adorable that you thought you were going to do the pilot ofSex and the Citywith Kristin Scott Thomas,” Davis told Nixon. “I mean, I wish I was Kristin Scott Thomas.”
“I don’t wish you were,” Nixon replied. “No. I’m glad you’re you.”
source: people.com
