When worlds collide! William Abadie made a surprise appearance during episode 9 of And Just Like That as Seema Patel’s love interest.
In the series, the actor — who also plays Antoine, the owner of a luxurious French perfumery, in Emily in Paris — and Seema interact when they both happen to be in Brooklyn.
Seema is scrolling on her phone and smoking a cigarette when she is approached by Abadie, who plays Zed. He asks her what all the “mess” is outside his club, which he says is the “hottest in Brooklyn.”
Later on, Seema and Carrie arrive at his club and are able to get inside quickly, as Zed lets them skip the line. (They were previously denied access to the nightspot earlier in the episode.)
This hasn’t been the only time Abadie appeared alongside Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw), Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes) and Kristin Davis (Charlotte York). In fact, almost 20 years ago, Carrie tried to set up Charlotte with Tony The Prada Guy in 2003 during season 6’s “Lights, Camera, Relationship” episode.
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“I may have found you the impossible dreamboat: Straight, single and works for Prada,” Carrie told her pal at the time, but it never worked out.
In the meantime, it was a pleasure for Abadie to film Emily in Paris in the City of Light. “It is a city full of fashion, intelligence and beauty,” he stated. “I have friends who are executives in perfume houses in Paris. It was good that I could draw inspiration from them for my character.”
Though his career is thriving, he finds it “challenging” to date these days — especially amid the ongoing pandemic. “They say things like: ‘Please be my boyfriend’ or ‘Take me to the Eiffel Tower,’ and it’s very flattering,” he said of his messages. “I’m always very thankful and try to reply to their comments.”
“I don’t want to be too pushy about anything,” he quipped. “I’ve just tried to let the stars align.”
As a New York resident, Abadie is still getting used to being in the spotlight. “It’s happened a few times that people have come up to me when I’m sitting outside at restaurants,” he said. “Because that’s when I’ve removed my mask. Otherwise, I can go unrecognized, because I’ve shaved, and I’m always wearing a mask and a cap. It’s a bit like I’m in hiding.”
