Before I knew that Willie was sick and couldnt complete it, Stanford was going to have a midlife crisis, King told Variety in an article published on Tuesday. Stanfords character always had a borderline career as a manager, and we were like going to explore the fact that it wasnt a real career.

The director added that Stanford was also probably going to split from his husband, Marentino, who is played by actor Mario Cantone.

Then we would keep both of them in, and everybody would be relieved that they were divorced because it was not pleasant for anybody, King explained.

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 [co-star Sarah Jessica Parkers] history.