Zoë Kravitz is a self-proclaimed Intercourse and the Metropolis fan, however that doesn't imply she tuned into its a number of spinoffs.
“In your first lie detector check, you proved you're an enormous fan of Intercourse and the Metropolis,” Kravitz's Caught Stealing costar Austin Butler started in a Thursday, August 28, interview for Self-importance Honest. “Be sincere: Which was the higher spinoff? The Carrie Diaries or [And] Simply Like That?”
Kravitz, 36, rapidly responded, “Neither, depart that present alone. All people, simply cease.”
What Kravitz wasn't conscious of is that Butler, 34, portrayed Sebastian Kidd on The Carrie Diaries, which chronicled Carrie Bradshaw's highschool life in Connecticut lengthy earlier than shifting to New York Metropolis to work as a intercourse columnist. AnnaSophia Robb performed the titular character, taking on Sarah Jessica Parker's position. Sebastian was Carrie's on-off boyfriend on the two-season CW present.
“Then, I'm gonna throw this man out, and this man,” Butler quipped within the Thursday interview, tossing a pair of photographs behind him. “[It] was two photos of me. Yeah, I used to be in The Carrie Diaries. Do you know that?”
“Oops,” Kravitz quipped.
Austin Butler in ‘The Carrie Diaries' season 2. Courtesy of Patrick Harbron/ The CW Community/ Everett Assortment
Whereas the Massive Little Lies alum may not have information of The Carrie Diaries, Butler nonetheless holds the manufacturing near his coronary heart.
“I've so many fond reminiscences of that point as a result of that was once I first moved to New York,” he stated on Selection's “Award Circuit” podcast in February 2023. “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, all people in that present, [they were] simply so enjoyable to be round, even simply going again and watching Intercourse and the Metropolis.”
The Academy Award nominee added, “I bear in mind having an condo 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.”
The sensation is mutual for Robb, now 31, who beforehand sang Butler's praises in an unique interview with Us Weekly.
“I'm so pleased with him. I'm simply so thrilled for him,” she informed Us in 2022 after Butler's portrayal of Elvis Presley landed an Oscar nomination. “He's such a devoted, targeted actor and a sort particular person. So [he deserves] all of the accolades.”
Robb additional famous that she knew Butler “was going to be a film star” once they first met.
“You don't have a face like that and never be a film star,” she added. “However he additionally, he has the intelligence and the dedication and the kindness to essentially [shine]. He's excellent for [the role of Elvis], however he's excellent not simply because he seems to be [like him], he embodied him. I imply he spent two years of his life learning the person and entering into his bones.”
