As we celebrate 20 years of Sex and the City on our screens, a bizarre fact about the show has resurfaced. But it has nothing to do with Carrie, Miranda, Samantha or Charlotte โ and everything to do with Justin Theroux.
Bizarrely, Theroux played two different roles in Sex and the City โ first up, he appeared as a writer friend of Stanfordโs whoโs just gained a spot in New York Magazineโs 30 Coolest People Under 30, who flirts with Carrie in a bar (worth a rewatch for when he says โgroovyโ alone) in season one.
In season two, he was back: again as a writer, this time one Vaughn Wysel, another love interest of Carrieโs. To the showโs credit, Theroux looks completely different โ glasses and a receding hairline and all โ but the script seems to make a subtle reference to his reappearance when Carrie reflects, โI was dating someone brand spanking newโฆ Itโs amazing how much better looking fiction writers have become.โ
Watch both his scenes below: