AnnaSophia Robb to play Carrie Bradshaw in 'Sex and the City' prequel
Published Feb 28 2012, 00:34 GMT | By Leah Simpson
AnnaSophia Robb is to play a young Carrie Bradshaw in The CW's Sex and the City prequel.The actress, who starred as Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, will portray the character Sarah Jessica Parker made famous in the pilot for The Carrie Diaries.
© WENN / Adriana M. Barraza
The possible television series will be produced by Gossip Girl's Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.
Robb will portray Carrie in the 1980s as she explores her small town Connecticut high school and progresses to Manhattan, New York.
Samantha Jones, who is played by Kim Cattrall in the hit series and films, is also expected to feature, as she does in Candace Bushnell's original novel.
Blake Lively previously denied that she was up for the role of Carrie, while Emma Roberts has been linked to the part of Miranda Hobbes, originally played by Cynthia Nixon.
> Sarah Jessica Parker: 'I banned Chris Noth from Lovelace set'
> Cynthia Nixon clarifies 'gay choice' comment: 'It's my personal story'
They should have got Finders Key to play her.
February 28th 2012 at 12:02pm
Horsey?
February 28th 2012 at 11:41am
I love Sex and the City! Id love more movies even just for the sake of them Lol but I'm not feeling this one. It feels tainted before it even starts!
February 28th 2012 at 10:32am
Is CW really ready for a show about the early 80's. Let us hope not.
February 28th 2012 at 5:12am
Really. We need the prequel to "Sex and the City"? Not enough that we had 6 years of television adventures and two big budget feature films.
As much as this show made an impact (which it did), it's time to say goodbye to Carrie and Co and let them live on in reruns. Their stories have been told and there really isn't anything left to add. Pressing the "rewind" button and going back to beginning is a cheap ploy and something that's been WAY overused on many other programs.....
February 28th 2012 at 4:39am