character and Carrie Bradshaw's ultimate confidante was played by Willie Garson, who sadly passed away in September 2021 of pancreatic cancer, age 57.as Stanford. He was initially meant to star in all ten episodes, but was written out in episode four when he told Carrie about a sudden work-related move to Tokyo via a handwritten letter.
The creator 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," he added."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's history.