Victor Garber doesn’t fully recall doing that viral toilet scene on And Just Like That, but the internet, as we all know, is forever.
The actor returned for the Sex and the City sequel’s series finale as gallery owner Mark Kasabian, who arrives at Miranda’s (Cynthia Nixon) Thanksgiving dinner as a potential suitor for Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), even though the vibes are clearly not there.
Things take a turn for the worse when, in a moment viewers can’t stop talking about all these weeks later, Mark uses the bathroom and the toilet overflows. A close-up camera shot shows floating poop nuggets emerging after they had apparently been lingering in the pipes after Epcot’s (Spike Einbinder) use earlier in the day.
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Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda on ‘And Just Like That’
What is Garber’s reaction to the audience’s reaction? “I vaguely remember doing it,” the thespian of stage and screen admits to Entertainment Weekly in an interview out of the Toronto International Festival, “but that’s ridiculous. I was delighted to be doing something ridiculous on that show.”
The actor attended TIFF to promote You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution…, a documentary about the 1972 production of Godspell, which featured Garber among a cast of Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, and more.
“It wasn’t a very funny part,” Garber continues, “and so I was happy to be able to do some really overacting. ‘Schtick,’ as they call it, and one of my specialties.”
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Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw on ‘And Just Like That’
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When asked if there was ever a version of the script in which Mark would’ve made it work with Carrie, Garber says, “I doubt it…I think that relationship ended. I haven’t actually seen the show, but it looked like it could happen, and then it was not ever going to happen because he was a dick.”
In a previous interview with EW, series writers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky defended the viral poop scene. “Look! That’s a thing that happens in most people’s lives at some point,” Zuritsky said. “It’s gross, but it’s really funny, too, and it’s mortally embarrassing. We do revel and laugh. We get through our embarrassing experiences by telling them to each other and laughing about them.”
With reporting by Gerrad Hall.
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