Willie Garson, who portrayed Stanford across six season, two movies, and three episodes of revival series “And Just Like That,” died September 21, 2021, after battling pancreatic cancer. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. In the series, Stanford is written off as moving to Tokyo to work with his TikTok influencer client, leaving behind both Carrie and his husband, Anthony (Mario Cantone). King continued, “Then we would keep both of them in, and everybody would be relieved that they were divorced because it was not pleasant for anybody. But there was a series of really fun, flirty, hilarious confidante scenes with Carrie that I loved. That old, old, very specific chemistry that Carrie and Stanford have, which is based totally on the uniqueness of Willie and Sarah Jessica [Parker]’s history.” Instead, King opted for “the most threadbare writing” to highlight Stanford’s abrupt departure from the narrative. King previously announced in a press statement that the “‘Sex and the City’ family has lost one of its own” following the death of the “amazing” Garson. “His spirit and his dedication to his craft was present everyday filming ‘And Just Like That,’” King captioned at the time. “He was there — giving us his all — even while he was sick. His multitude of gifts as an actor and person will be missed by everyone. In this sad, dark moment we are comforted by our memory of his joy and light.”
