Sex And The City's Evan Handler didn't expect to start filming nude scenes after he turned 40
The And Just Like That... actor was "terrified" to film those initial intimate scenes, he said
We are consistently inundated with stories of women playing mothers when they were far too young. Men in Hollywood—as we all well know by now—are generally treated with more grace, often earning the titles of “silver fox” or “daddy” as they age (or, in a recent atomic outlier, almost 70 years after their death). In the case of Sex And The City and And Just Like That…’s Evan Handler, a man can even become a bona fide sex symbol multiple decades after the start of his career. Still, this extended timeline didn’t mean the transition or that first nude scene was any easier or less jarring for the actor.
Handler recently opened up about playing Charlotte’s husband Harry Goldenblatt on Sex And The City, a show he didn’t appear in until 2002 when he was 41 years old. “It is weird that I started being called upon to do sex scenes, kiss women, and take off my clothes from 40 years old on. What is that about?” he said on a recent episode of the “Yeah, I F*cked That Up” podcast. “My inner dynamo was finally recognized.”