‘And Just Like That’ Star Asked For More Nude Scenes For This Hilarious Reason

Mario Cantone hilariously revealed why he was nearly begging to do more sex scenes in “And Just Like That…” after initially being nervous to strip down for a scene with his onscreen flame, Giuseppe (Sebastiano Pigazzi).

While appearing on a recent episode of the ”Are You a Charlotte?” podcast, hosted by his “AJLT” co-star, Kristin Davis, the actor explained how the skin-baring scene came to be.

“When we were going into the second season, Michael Patrick King [the showrunner and executive producer] called me up and said, ‘Hey, just so you know, you’re gonna be getting a storyline, you’re gonna be getting a boyfriend,’” Cantone recalled during the April 10 episode.

Fans of “AJLT” will recall that in the show’s predecessor 1998 series “Sex and the City,” Cantone’s character, Anthony Marentino, was introduced to Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson) by Davis’ character, Charlotte York.

Marentino and Blatch were at odds at first ― but later tied the knot in the second “Sex and the City” movie film, which premiered in 2010.

After Garson died in 2021, his character’s storyline and the pair’s onscreen marriage wrapped up in Season 2 of “AJLT” when Blatch moved to Japan to work with a client and later divorced Marentino.

“So guess what, I got me a trainer, and I started working out. I have a backside shot. I’m in bed with Sebastiano, who I just adore. I’m the luckiest man in the world with that,” Cantone continued.

Though Cantone prepared for the scene, he admitted to being on edge ahead of the moment airing.

“The night before it dropped, I didn’t sleep. I was like, ‘These homosexuals are going to come after me.’ And then I saw it, and I went, ‘You know what? I look OK. And I’m old, and I’m next to him,’” the comedian recalled.

But to his surprise, the scene was more than a hit. “My DMs blew up the next day,” he noted, which encouraged him to request “more nudity” in the series.

“Before Season 3 started filming, I said to Michael, ‘I want more nudity,’” he told Davis. “I said, ‘I like being sexualized at 65 years old. It’s good.’”

Season 3 of “And Just Like That…” hits Max on May 29.