'And Just Like That': William Abadie Makes His Debut, 'Sex and the City' Fans Recall His Original Role
In addition to Carrie Bradshaw and the gang, HBO Max's series, And Just Like That, has brought back a few Sex and the City guest stars for new roles in the reboot.
On Thursday's episode, viewers saw Carrie's (Sarah Jessica Parker) new realtor pal, Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury), meet a local Brooklyn club owner named Zed, played by actor William Abadie.
Seema and Zed have a clear flirtation that leads to him letting the two women into his club at the end of the episode. With Zed set to appear in next week's finale, it's safe to assume he might play into Seema's romantic storyline, as the realtor has long discussed her single status as she continues to search for Mr. Right.
But eagle-eyed Sex and the City fans might also recognize Abadie from another, more minor role in the original series. In season 6, Carrie brings her then-boyfriend, Jack Berger (Ron Livingston), on a shopping trip to Prada where they encounter a salesman named Tony, played by Abadie, who knows Carrie by name.
Fans quickly noted Abadie's two roles within the SATC world, calling out the show for recasting the actor after the first character proved too memorable.
DID WILLIAM ABADIE APPEAR IN A 2ND SEX AND THE CITY, AND CARRIE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS?!?
TONY, THE PRADA GUY, WAS A MAJOR CHARACTER!
ISN'T HE ALLOWED TO GROW UP FROM AN AMAZING PRADA SALESMAN AND BECOME A RICH CLUB OWNER WHO CARRIE KNOWS!?!
FUMING. pic.twitter.com/o3IHSqtSGK— Brian Lobel (@blobelwarming) January 27, 2022
#AndJustLikeThat Are we supposed to forget that William Abadie played Tony from Prada? Now he’s Zed?! I know Tony was a small role, but how could we forget the handsome guy with the Prada staff discount?
And that episode is SO memorable thanks to Berger‘s fragile male ego trip. pic.twitter.com/5PEPyPiCqg— Olivia-Anne Cleary (@OliviaACleary) January 27, 2022
#AJLT Episode 9: Wait a second. William Abadie played Tony in #SATC Season 5, "Lights, Camera, Relationship" - the guy who sold Berger the expensive shirt. Did they bring him back as someone else?
— Susan Higgins 🌊 (@Lily2Susan) January 28, 2022
How am I just now realizing William Abadie was the Prada guy on SATC? 🤯
— Drea 🥑✨ (@_drealovessushi) January 28, 2022
William Abadie back in SATC and Carrie didn’t notice him that he is her fav Gucci store assistant???
— Olga Martinelli (@gooneragony) January 27, 2022
Abadie also has a role on another series created by Darren Star -- Emily in Paris. He plays Maison Lavaux owner Antoine Lambert on the Netflix series.
It's also not Abadie's first time working with Choudhury. The two stars also served as ill-fated faux love interests on Homeland when Abadie played Alan Bernard, who was pretending to be dating Choudhury's Mira Berenson, but who was really spying on her estranged husband.
This isn't the first guest star to return in a new role for the reboot. Seema's father is played by Ajay Mehta, who also appeared on season 2 of the original show. Mehta starred as a busboy who offered to go home with Kim Cattrall's Samantha Jones after she was stood up on date. While Samantha passed on the offer, the two did share a kiss.
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