Mr. Big (Sex and the City) Mr. Big (Sex and the City) John James "Mr. Big" Preston is a recurring character in the HBO series "Sex and the City", portrayed by Chris Noth. He is the primary on-and-off love interest of the series' protagonist, Carrie Bradshaw, who usually simply refers to him as "Big". According to accounts in the press, the Mr. Big character was based on publishing executive Ron Galotti, former publisher of "GQ" and "Talk". Bushnell told "New York Magazine" in 2004, "He was one of those New York guys with a big personality—you just notice him as soon as he walks in the
Carrie Bradshaw when she was 22. She tells Charlotte that she lost her virginity in Seth Bateman's smelly rec room on the ping pong table in eleventh grade. In Season 6 ("Boy Interrupted"), Carrie meets up with another boyfriend from high school named Jeremy (David Duchovny). Carrie states that she never had sex with him because they were young and wanted to wait. A TV series was made after the production of "Sex and the City", called "The Carrie Diaries" which featured Carrie's life as a teenager prior to her life in "Sex and the City". It focused mainly on Carrie who