Photo: HBOFor his first-ever on-screen role on a 1999 episode ofSex and the City,Bradley Cooperreportedly told a little white lie to book his debut gig.While reminiscing about the show’s guest stars on Max’sAnd Just Like That…The Writers Roompodcast,Sex and the Citydirector and writerMichael Patrick Kingrevealed how Cooper, 48, landed the part.“Bradley Cooper — first job — said he could drive a stick to get the job because the character drove a Karmann Ghia,” King, 68, said, referring to the Volkswagen. “4:00 in the morning, another Friday outside 14th Street and I said, ‘Bradley, this is where you drive, you take off.’ And he goes, ‘I can’t drive a stick.’ “So King flipped the script. “And so we fixed, changed, pivoted,” he said. “Sarah Jessica’s character Carrie crawls out of the Karmann Ghia and walks herself home.”The actor played Jake, oppositeSarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw in a season 2 episode titled “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?” in which his character meets Bradshaw after her unflattering magazine shoot.During the podcast, Parker shared what she found to be “the hardest” part about welcoming guest stars onSATC.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“There’s so many people that have come onto our show — some for five hours, some for five days, some for two days,” the two-time Emmy Award winner said. “There is to me nothing harder than stepping onto a moving train where everybody knows literally all the ball bearings of the machinery … and they’re joking and talking and reading before and talking and laughing, someone calls action we’re like … it’s the level of comfort.“Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesSex and the City,the HBO series that followed four fabulous friends navigating dating in one iconic city for six seasons, will celebrateits 25th anniversary this month.The show’s sequel series,And Just Like That…, will premiere its second season Thursday on Max.
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For his first-ever on-screen role on a 1999 episode ofSex and the City,Bradley Cooperreportedly told a little white lie to book his debut gig.While reminiscing about the show’s guest stars on Max’sAnd Just Like That…The Writers Roompodcast,Sex and the Citydirector and writerMichael Patrick Kingrevealed how Cooper, 48, landed the part.“Bradley Cooper — first job — said he could drive a stick to get the job because the character drove a Karmann Ghia,” King, 68, said, referring to the Volkswagen. “4:00 in the morning, another Friday outside 14th Street and I said, ‘Bradley, this is where you drive, you take off.’ And he goes, ‘I can’t drive a stick.’ “So King flipped the script. “And so we fixed, changed, pivoted,” he said. “Sarah Jessica’s character Carrie crawls out of the Karmann Ghia and walks herself home.”The actor played Jake, oppositeSarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw in a season 2 episode titled “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?” in which his character meets Bradshaw after her unflattering magazine shoot.During the podcast, Parker shared what she found to be “the hardest” part about welcoming guest stars onSATC.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“There’s so many people that have come onto our show — some for five hours, some for five days, some for two days,” the two-time Emmy Award winner said. “There is to me nothing harder than stepping onto a moving train where everybody knows literally all the ball bearings of the machinery … and they’re joking and talking and reading before and talking and laughing, someone calls action we’re like … it’s the level of comfort.“Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesSex and the City,the HBO series that followed four fabulous friends navigating dating in one iconic city for six seasons, will celebrateits 25th anniversary this month.The show’s sequel series,And Just Like That…, will premiere its second season Thursday on Max.
For his first-ever on-screen role on a 1999 episode ofSex and the City,Bradley Cooperreportedly told a little white lie to book his debut gig.
While reminiscing about the show’s guest stars on Max’sAnd Just Like That…The Writers Roompodcast,Sex and the Citydirector and writerMichael Patrick Kingrevealed how Cooper, 48, landed the part.
“Bradley Cooper — first job — said he could drive a stick to get the job because the character drove a Karmann Ghia,” King, 68, said, referring to the Volkswagen. “4:00 in the morning, another Friday outside 14th Street and I said, ‘Bradley, this is where you drive, you take off.’ And he goes, ‘I can’t drive a stick.’ "
So King flipped the script. “And so we fixed, changed, pivoted,” he said. “Sarah Jessica’s character Carrie crawls out of the Karmann Ghia and walks herself home.”
The actor played Jake, oppositeSarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw in a season 2 episode titled “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?” in which his character meets Bradshaw after her unflattering magazine shoot.
During the podcast, Parker shared what she found to be “the hardest” part about welcoming guest stars onSATC.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“There’s so many people that have come onto our show — some for five hours, some for five days, some for two days,” the two-time Emmy Award winner said. “There is to me nothing harder than stepping onto a moving train where everybody knows literally all the ball bearings of the machinery … and they’re joking and talking and reading before and talking and laughing, someone calls action we’re like … it’s the level of comfort.”
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Sex and the City,the HBO series that followed four fabulous friends navigating dating in one iconic city for six seasons, will celebrateits 25th anniversary this month.
The show’s sequel series,And Just Like That…, will premiere its second season Thursday on Max.
source: people.com
