We've Seen Inside Her Home, So Is Sarah Jessica Parker Relly Carrie Bradshaw?
Sarah Jessica Parker is Carrie Bradshaw. Ok maybe they’re not totally the same person, but the actress and the famous character she played are inextricably linked forever in our minds. Every time Sarah finds herself on a red carpet you hear things like ‘Sarah wearing a very Carrie-esque dress ’ or ’what would Carrie Bradshaw make of Sarah’s fashion choice?’ We just can't get away from the comparisons. Which brings us to Sarah’s latest interview, Vogue’s 5 minute quick-fire walk through of her New York townhouse. So is Sarah, Carrie? Well this recent insight has left us drawing comparisons all over again.
Firstly Sarah’s house is beautiful, it’s impeccably decorated and has a wonderful old worldly, vintage feel. Actually, it’s miles away from the apartment she nearly bought with Mr Big in the ‘Sex and the City’ movie. The real life Parker digs are little more what you’d image Carrie would have had if she’d married Aidan. It’s also pretty full of everything from globes to baseballs and lots and lots of books. You can easily spot what might be a few touches from her husband Matthew Broderick (ping pong table!) We’re going to say cluttered chic, but of course this is meant in the most complimentary way possible.
Other than Mr Big and her gal pals, Carrie’s major love affair in ‘Sex and the City’ was with the city itself, a love that the actress also shares. When asked to describe living in her home city in three words Sarah chose ‘symphonic, tiny and real’. She also said she wouldn’t voluntarily give up living there, perhaps she’s learnt form Carrie’s short lived Paris relocation. While her favourite thing to do in the city isn't check out the latest trendy hotspot, instead it's good old fashioned walking, presumably not in Manolo Blahnik heels.
In the interview Parker told us many of her ‘favourite’ things. Most notably might be her favourite movie, ‘The Way We Were’. The 1973 romantic drama starring Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand, is of course a soppy classic, but Carrie Bradshaw drew many real life comparisons with the film. She confused Mr Big back when he got engaged to Natasha by telling him ‘your girl is lovely Hubble’ a direct quote from the movie. Carrie related to Streisand’s character who was just a bit too curly haired and complicated for Hubble, just like Carrie was for Mr Big. We’re not sure if Sarah feels the same deep connection.
Of course writer Carrie would be very proud of Sarah’s mammoth collection of books, shown in her painted green living room. She reveals the book she read in school that shaped her is ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ but we just can't help wondering if ‘Love Letters of Great Men’ is somewhere within her collection. Reading is definitely a major part of Sarah’s life, she describes it as her 'favourite way to decompress'. There’s no doubt that Carrie would also be proud of Sarah’s admiration for writers. She chose Pulitzer prize winning editor of the ‘_New Yorke_r’ David Remnick as the person she’d most like to have coffee with and author Jane Jacobs was her pick for historical figure.
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There was unsurprsingly a few questions Sarah was asked that just never factored into Carrie’s life. Way back in the early 2000’s Carrie didn't have to deal with social media they way Sarah has to now. The actress chose Instagram as her favourite method of sharing instead twitter. What would Carrie think? After all, those tricky questions she enjoyed asking in her articles would have made for great 140 character tweets. Then again, we can also imagine her taking lots of lunch time selfies with Samantha and the rest of the girls.
One of the most un-Carrie like revelations came when Sarah was asked what her favourite drink was. It’s Coca-cola, not a cosmopolitan - shocker. We also got insight into Sarah’s personal music taste, it seems she’s a jazz and funk fan, listing Parliament as her favourite band and Trombone Shorty as her favourite solo artist. That means real life Sarah must have a better understanding of jazz than Carrie had during her short fling with that jazz club owner.
We’re not sure why, but we do find out that Sarah didn't get to attend her prom, (aww), but if she had she would a worn a peach silk dress. What? Carrie Bradshaw, however, was a little luckier when it came to her prom night as she got to wear a pink dress with polka dots (very 80s cool) as AnnaSophia Robb showed us in ‘_The Carrie Diarie_s’. Sadly we didn't get a peek inside Sarah’’s closet, that would have really been something. Still, the knowing look she gave when asked ‘heels or flats?’ lets us know that she probably has just as awesome a shoe collection as Carrie herself.
Ok show Sarah Jessica Parker definitely is her own woman, but who can blame us for wanting her to be the Carrie Bradshaw we expect. The good news is the actress seems to have all of the qualities that made Carrie great and more. After all how much better would Carrie have been if she’d danced to Parliament in a room full of light up globes whilst eating brownies? There probably would have been a lot less Big-induced tears, that’s for sure.