Posted 1 hour ago20 Facts I Learned About "Sex And The City" And Now I Can't Help But Wonder How This Show Was MadeThey did what now?by Eden Arielle GordonBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestLink Sex and the City has plenty of truly unforgettable onscreen moments - some more cringeworthy than others. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF HBO / Via giphy.com But there's also been a decent amount of drama behind the scenes over the years. Learn more about some of the wildest things that happened behind the scenes of Sex and the City: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF HBO / Via giphy.com 1. Sarah Jessica Parker wanted to quit the show early on. HBO/ Courtesy: Everett / Everett Collection / Everett Collection / Via giphy.com It's hard to imagine Sex and the City without SJP's portrayal of Carrie Bradshaw. But Sarah was apparently uncomfortable with the amount of sexual content in the show early on, even though she had a firm no-nudity clause in place upon agreeing to the role. "I was not comfortable with nude scenes, scenes with sex toys, or vulgar language-so I did not do any ... My character, Carrie, kissed a lot of men-but that's as far as it went," she told The Sun in 2010. "I had the maturity to control my panic about the whole series and what it meant. At one point, after the pilot show of Sex and the City was made and they wanted me to sign up for the series, I wanted to get out of it." 2. Lisa Edelstein was the second choice for Carrie. D Dipasupil / Getty Images As Sarah made up her mind about doing the show, Lisa Edelstein was chosen as a possible alternate Carrie. "I was either going to do it or not. It all depended on whether she said yes," Edelstein said of Parker's choice. "My contract was complete. I was waiting." 3. Kristin Davis used to keep the show secret from her family. HBO / Via giphy.com Kristin was also worried about how her family would react to Sex and the City. Apparently, her parents encouraged her to keep the show a total secret from her grandmother. But her parents started watching after her grandmother died. Her dad even used it in one of his college courses, called "Marriage and Sexuality" - although he focused more on Samantha than Charlotte, according to The Guardian. 4. Kim Cattrall also tried to turn down the show. HBO / Via giphy.com Kim was 41 when filming on Sex and the City began, and she tried to turn the role down four times due to "self-inflicted ageism," she told The Times of London. But her worries about people not finding her character sexy were unfounded. "Well, that changed - 40 became sexy. It became, 'Man, let's have more of that,'" she said. 5. Cynthia Nixon dyed her hair for SATC. HBO / Via giphy.com Cynthia is a natural blonde, and apparently, she nearly didn't get the role of Miranda because of it. "For me, it was important that the hair color, body types, and everything were different," creator Darren Star told MTV. "When Cynthia Nixon came in to read for the first time, she was blonde. I saw Miranda as a redhead. Thankfully, I took that leap of faith that she would look good as a redhead." 6. Mr. Big is inspired by a real person. HBO / Via giphy.com Mr. Big was modeled after Ron Galotti, a magazine publisher who inspired Candace Bushnell. 7. The cast pushed for more diversity. HBO / Via giphy.com Apparently, Sarah and Cynthia were both the strongest advocates for increased on-screen diversity. "I'm a huge fan of the show, but if we had an area in which we really could use improvement, it's certainly this one," Cynthia said of the show's lack of diversity in a 2003 interview with CBS News. 8. The taxi cab scene in season one was a test for creator Darren Starr. HBO / Via giphy.com In season one, episode four, the four women discuss the pros and cons of anal sex while in a taxi. The scene was important to Darren Star, who felt that HBO executive Chris Albrecht's reaction to it would determine just how much he could get away with in terms of the show's level of explicit dialogue."When I went to talk to Chris Albrecht [then-president of HBO programming] about what we were doing, I mentioned this scene-and for me it was like a litmus [test] of how he was going to react and what their attitude would be toward the show," Darren said to Entertainment Tonight. "I thought, 'OK, I'm going to tell him the scene where Charlotte meets a guy who wants her to have anal sex, and she freaks out and talks to her friends about it, and either he's going to think it's really funny or throw me out of the room.'" 9. The last episode of the original series wrapped four days before its premiere. HBO / Via giphy.com 10. Carrie and Mr. Big weren't supposed to end up together. HBO / Via giphy.com "I think the show ultimately betrayed what it was about, which was that women don't ultimately find happiness from marriage," Darren Star said in a Kindle Singles interview, per the New York Post. "Not that they can't. But the show initially was going off script from the romantic comedies that had c