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"I
don't have a lot of nerves or anything like that. It just it
feels very natural," the 65-year-old told Reuters on the eve of
a series of British stage performances of her "True Tales of
Sex, Success and SEX AND THE CITY".
She says her show, which has already had a run in New York,
reveals how she came to invent Carrie Bradshaw, played by actor
Sarah Jessica Parker in the "Sex and the City" television
series. It was first aired in the late 1990s and had its roots
in Bushnell's newspaper column and best-selling book.
Two films followed, as well as a current spin-off television
series "And Just Like That".
Reflecting on the enduring comic appeal of Bradshaw and her
fictional friends Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia
Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and their many romantic
adventures, Bushnell said independence was what she valued most.
Married for ten years to dancer Charles Askegard, Bushnell said
she uses dating apps, but is not bothered whether she meets
someone.
"I'm not looking to get married and have kids, so I'm really
very relaxed about it," she said.
"I'm really just enormously grateful that I am able to live an
independent life and to pursue my very important message to
women, which is to be independent and to be your own Mr. Big,"
she said. Played by actor Chris Noth, the character Mr. Big was
Bradshaw's on/off love interest, with the name referring to his
supposedly impressive job and large presence in New York.
British audiences will hear about him and Bushnell's other
characters beginning on Friday in the southern city of
Southampton.
The UK tour also has dates in cities including Manchester in the
north and Glasgow in Scotland, and a night at the London
Palladium on Feb. 7.
(Reporting by Sarah Mills; editing by Barbara Lewis)
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