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Sex and the City is one of the most iconic shows to come out of the '90s, and as Charlotte York, Kristin Davis is opening about just how much she was offered for the piIot episode in 1998.
In the very first episode of her new podcast, "Are You A Charlotte?," Davis explained that as a "recurring character," she was offered $5,000. She shared, "I had this big, big deal. It was like a big, thick, seven year deal. When we're doing the pilot. This producer, I think she was like a maybe a line producer, like not an executive producer. One day I'm in my trailer and she comes to my trailer and she knocks on my door, and I opened it and you know, 'Yes,' and she says, 'Oh, well, we have this paperwork we need you to fill out.' And I was like, okay, I take the paperwork and I look at it, and it seems to be like a new contract, but it's only two pages long. And I'm like, what is this? And it says like, you know, you will be a recurring character and you will be paid $5,000."
Davis recalled that she called her lawyer for advice, and was told not to sign while he found out what was going on. She noted that the pilot was expensive to make because of the filming locations around Manhattan. She shared, "I know that the pilot's costing a lot and that they're stressed at HBO about it. I think the pilot costs like $2.5 million roughly, which at the time was a lot because no one really filmed in Manhattan. When you look at it, it does not look like it cost a lot. But, I think just being in the locations we were in cost a lot."
Listen to the first episode of "Are You A Charlotte?" on iHeartRadio.