And just like that … a Kennedy was almost on “Sex and the City.”
Kristin Davis has revealed that a member of the Kennedy family was originally cast for the show’s first-ever sex scene. The actress made the revelation alongside “SATC” guest star Sarah Wynter on the latest episode of her “Are You A Charlotte?” podcast.
As viewers may recall, the series opens with a British journalist named Elizabeth (played by Wynter, 51) who has an affair with an investment banker — only to be ghosted by him later on.
Scott Bryce played the investment banker in the pilot episode — but according to Wynter, the role originally went to John F. Kennedy’s nephew, Christopher Lawford.
“I remember the person that they had cast to play the boyfriend was not the person that wound up getting the job on set,” Wynter said to Davis, 59, on the podcast.
“So, I was surprised when I got on set,” she added.
Lawford was the son of British actor Peter Lawford and JFK’s sister, Patricia Kennedy. He died of a heart attack in 2018 at age 63.
“He was at the read-through,” Wynter recalled about meeting Lawford on the set of the show. “And I remember thinking ‘That’s perfect.’ To have, like, this Kennedy — not Kennedy-esque, Kennedy.”
However, Lawford was ultimately replaced by Bryce, 67, for the sex scene with Wynter.
And to this day, she and Davis still don’t know why.
“What happened? I want to know,” said Wynter. “Did he become unavailable? Did something happen? None of us knew.”
When “SATC” premiered in 1998, Lawford had already been in several films like “Spellbinder,” “The Russia House,” and “Jack the Bear,” and TV shows such as “Tales from the Crypt” and “All My Children.”
He went on to appear in episodes of “Chicago Hope,” Frasier” and “The O.C.” before his death.
Lawford wrote a book about his battle with drug addiction. He said he started experimenting with drugs while away at boarding school as a teenager in the 1960s, not long after JFK’s assassination.
After Lawford’s death in 2018, his cousin Maria Shriver paid respects to him in a heartfelt Instagram post.
“This handsome, loving, fun man is my cousin Christopher Lawford. He passed away suddenly yesterday,” she wrote. “He was my age, full of love and very much alive.”
“He lived a big life and he cared deeply about life. He fought for his and in turn he fought to help so many people dealing with addiction issues,” she went on. “He was really at the forefront of the recovery movement.”
“Sex and the City” has been popular for over 25 years, so much so that the the owner of the Manhattan brownstone where Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) “lived” recently asked the city to install a gate to keep fans out.
Many have ignored the “No Trespassing-Private Property” sign at the front of the steps at 66 Perry St. in the West Village so they can get pictures for social media.
“My home is now a global tourist destination,” the owner said in an application to the city’s Landmark Preservation Committee. “At any given hour of the day or night, there are groups of visitors in front of the house taking flash photos, engaging in loud chatter, posting on social media, making TikTok videos, or just celebrating the moment.”
The owner is asking for a 3.25-foot high double-gate made of steel and cast iron gate to be installed in front of the stoop.
