Actor Gilles Marini has said there just wasn’t a place for his character Dante in the Sex and the City movie sequel.

Marini, 33, played Samantha’s love interest Dante in the movie, but he has not been cast to return in the movie’s sequel, which is currently shooting.

Asked about not being recast, he said: “Well it’s very simple, the character of Dante was very important in the first movie. And he made Samantha realise she was like him five years before.”

He added: “The script took a different turn and they don’t want Dante in New York, I mean he would freeze to death in New York taking a shower outside.”

Marini added: “The script took a different approach and there’s no place for Dante in that script, but let me tell you from what I’ve heard from producers and directors… it looks like it’s gonna be a brilliant movie.”

Asked if he’s upset about not returning, he said: “No, not at all. How could I? Sex and the City put me on the map, internationally speaking.”

Marini then said that he would have been upset if his character was in the second movie but another actor was picked for the part.