James Devaney/WireImage/Getty
NEED TO KNOW
Candace Bushnell believes that Carrie and Mr. Big would never last
When it comes to the TV series, the Sex and the City author says that fans wanted a happy ending
Bushnell also says that she is grateful for the young women who tell her how much the show means to them
WithSex and the Cityavailable to stream and always gaining new ground with new audiences, the hit HBO series has continued to stoke discourse about the men in the show. Ultimately, theSex and the Cityauthor shares that she doesn't believe that Carrie and Mr. Big would have lasted.
Candace Bushnell, 67, shares that she wrote her novel about Carrie Bradshaw after her life, and she had her own Mr. Big. And as she tells PEOPLE, "he was always a really, really central character."
"Mr. Big, he was an ungettable guy. In real life, Carrie and Mr. Big would not be together, but in the TV world, they are, because it's likePride and Prejudice. People were watching these two characters go back and forth for six seasons and they wanted a happy ending. Would Elizabeth Bennett have ended up with Mr. Darcy in real life? Who knows? Probably not," the author says of the series, which was adapted from her 1996 book by Darren Star.
"Carrie ended up being all about love. She really wanted love. There's some line somewhere at the beginning of the series, where she says she wants this all-consuming love," Bushnell continues.
This is where the character differs from the former newspaper columnist, who shares that she's "eh" about the whole idea. "I don't know. I'm probably much more cynical. It may be practical," she says.
One thing she is moved by, is how much the younger generations are delighting in the series every time it's being discovered. "It's always been a rite of passage watchingSex and the Cityeven before it was on Netflix, women were watching the DVDs, it was on E! at one time for five hours a day," Bushnell says.
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE'sfree daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Bushnell says that she learned that when young women went off to college, they would meet other young women and get together and watch the show — and bond with the themes and the characters. "I have so many young women who come up to me and they've discovered it and they relate to it. The technology of dating has changed, but the realities and the longing and the strange encounters that one has, that hasn't changed," Bushnell shares.
She adds, "There's so many stories about dating and it's something that people are just so inherently interested in relationships. It doesn't really matter what age you are. They're always interested in how to maneuver these intimate relationships."
Additionally, she says there's so many young women who approach her and tell her the show has gotten them through a "really difficult time in their life." Bushnell says, "That's really the best thing about it is that it's been inspiring to so many people, and that's really very rewarding."
Read the original article onPeople
