Wherever you identify on the “Sex and the City” spectrum (Miranda, Charlotte, Samantha, Carrie, the person watching home alone in sweatpants), we can all agree that the HBO series would lack a certain something without its star Sarah Jessica Parker.

After six seasons, two movies and countless pairs of Manolo Blahniks, Parker and Carrie have seemingly fused into one preternaturally fashionable entity. According to an excerpt from journalist James Andrew Miller’s new book, Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency, however, it took some serious convincing to get the actress to even consider signing onto the series that cemented her A-list status.

When Parker was first approached about the role of Carrie by longtime friend and agent Kevin Huvane, she was reluctant to commit to television after making a name for herself in Hollywood following her stint on the 1982 teen series “Square Pegs.”

“[Kevin] called me up and said, ‘Darren Star [the creator of “SATC”] reached out to me,’” Parker recalls Huvane telling her about the role. “’He’s written this pilot [”Sex and the City”] and tells me he wrote it with you in mind — you were in his head when he was writing it. I’m going to send it to you. I’ve read it. I think it’s really good. You should meet with him.’”