Sarah Jessica Parker's high-flying 'Sex & the City' character Carrie Bradshaw has been forced to cut back on her jet-setting party lifestyle - because the actress fears fans won't like her if she ignores the world's economic downturn.

The actress will revive her fashion-loving New York columnist when cameras role on a sequel to 2008's 'Sex & The City: The Movie' later this year and she insists the character will be more frugal.

Parker said: "Our country has changed significantly in a year. She will have been affected and she's not an idiot. She's gonna have to change her thinking about indulgence."