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Staff Kyddshaw ceaselessly! Austin Butler has nothing however candy phrases to say about his expertise on the set of The CW’s The Carrie Diaries, which was a Intercourse and the Metropolis prequel collection.
“I’ve so many fond recollections of that point as a result of that was once I first moved to New York,” the Elvis star, 31, recalled on the Friday, February 17, episode of Selection’s “Awards Circuit” podcast. “I by no means lived in New York earlier than and I used to be in a position to transfer to New York for 2 years and make that present. It was that and attending to be round AnnaSophia [Robb], all people in that present, [they were] simply so enjoyable to be round, even simply going again and watching Intercourse and the Metropolis.”
Butler continued: “I bear in mind having an house in New York, I’d take a shower and I’d pop on Intercourse and the Metropolis. I used to be like a middle-aged girl [with] a glass of wine [and] all the time candles.”
AnnaSophia Robb and Austin Butler in ‘The Carrie Diaries.’ Warner Bros Tv/Kobal/Shutterstock
The Switched at Start alum — who rose to fame performing on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel — landed the position of Sebastian Kydd on The Carrie Diaries reverse Robb, now 29, in 2013. The CW sitcom, which aired two seasons earlier than its 2014 cancellation, adopted Robb’s Carrie Bradshaw as she balanced highschool in Castlebury, Connecticut, with a brand new internship in Manhattan. Butler portrayed Sebastian, who was Carrie’s highschool crush and on-and-off boyfriend.
The Carrie Diaries was impressed by Candace Bushnell’s Younger Grownup novel of the identical title, which was a prequel spinoff following a youthful model of Intercourse and the Metropolis’s Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) earlier than she met her Manhattan besties Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon).
“I noticed it was really a very sturdy story,” Robb — who married Trevor Paul in September 2022 — beforehand gushed to Teen Vogue in February 2013 of the present’s premise. “It had plenty of coronary heart and integrity, and Carrie looks like a personality that I can develop with.”
Since The Carrie Diaries’ early cancellation, Butler has gone on to succeed in new profession milestones. His efficiency as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic earned him his first Oscar nomination.
“I’m so happy with him. I’m simply so thrilled for him,” the Soul Surfer actress completely informed Us Weekly in August 2022 of Butler. “He’s such a devoted, centered actor and a form individual. So [he deserves] all of the accolades.”
She continued on the time: “, once we met throughout The Carrie Diaries, all people knew he was going to be a film star. You don’t have a face like that and never be a film star. However he additionally, he has the intelligence and the dedication and the kindness to actually [shine]. … He’s excellent for [the role of Elvis], however he’s excellent not simply because he appears to be like [like him], he embodied him. I imply he spent two years of his life learning the person and stepping into his bones.”
Whereas each Robb and the Shannara Chronicles alum have moved on from their days at Castlebury Excessive, Butler stays open about probably revisiting Sebastian on SATC’s spinoff, And Simply Like That. (AJLT premiered in December 2021, starring Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda twenty years later.)
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“That’s a good suggestion. I hadn’t thought of it, but it surely’s a good suggestion,” Butler quipped on Friday after host Clayton Davis famous that he performed Elvis at numerous ages in Elvis. “Sebastian Kydd at 42 years previous?”
