And Just Like That… creator Michael Patrick King has been speaking out about the Sex And The City spin-off as its first season comes to a close.
This article contains no spoilers for the finale (airing tomorrow), but if you’ve yet to have watched any of episodes, you may want to click away now.King spoke to Variety about the actor Willie Garson, who played beloved gay character Stanford Blatch.
Garson, 57, filmed three episodes of the show before dying of pancreatic cancer last September.Related: Sex and the City star Willie Garson dies aged 57King says it was always his plan for Stanford to go through some sort of “midlife crisis” and probably split from his husband, Anthony (Mario Cantone).However, Stanford was originally due to feature in all ten episodes.
Instead, following Garson’s death, the character’s absence was explained by Anthony discovering that Stanford had suddenly left him to move to Tokyo to manage a TikTok star.“He was in all 10 episodes,” King said. “Before I knew that Willie was sick and couldn’t complete it, Stanford was going to have a midlife crisis.