Sex and the City two feature films, "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Sex and the City 2" (2010), and a prequel television series commissioned by The CW, "The Carrie Diaries" (2013–2014). The show was based in part on writer Candace Bushnell's 1997 book of the same name, compiled from her column at "The New York Observer". Bushnell has said in several interviews that the Carrie Bradshaw in her columns is her alter ego; when she wrote the "Sex and the City" essays, she used her own name initially, but for privacy reasons, later created the character played in the series by Sarah Jessica
Mr. Big (Sex and the City) room," and "I called him Mr. Big because he was like a big man on campus." Big appeared in Comcast's list of TV's Most Intriguing Characters. "Big" appears in the first episode of "Sex and the City" as a very attractive stranger who helps Carrie pick up the contents of her purse (notably cosmetics and condoms) after she is accidentally bumped by a stranger on the streets of Manhattan. The nickname "Big" refers to his status as a "major tycoon, major dreamboat, and majorly out of [Carrie's] league," according to the show's dialogue. (His real name is not revealed to