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'The Carrie Diaries'' Austin Butler Should Prepare Himself For Stardom

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After three episodes, The Carrie Diaries hasn't been the huge ratings success we (and the CW) had hoped for a series of its Sex and the City pedigree, but we're holding out hope that more people who like fashion and cute boys and New York City and all the things that are good in life will catch on soon. Regardless of how well the show does, we're pretty sure its stars, particularly AnnaSophia Robb (Carrie) and Austin Butler (her mysterious love interest, Sebastian Kydd) are destined for big things.

Butler, 21, has been in the biz for ages now, first guest-starring on shows like Hannah Montana and Zoey 101 before landing a role in the High School Musical spin-off Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure and a recurring part on Switched at Birth. But yeah, playing the new guy with the alluring whiff of bad boy on Carrie Diaries is definitely the biggest thing to happen to him. At the red-carpet premiere of the show last fall, we asked him how he thought his life would change if the show becomes a Gossip Girl-level hit.

"I just hope I can keep somewhat of a personal life," he told us. "That's the hardest part about this whole thing, is like, doing your job and then when you're done, feeling like a normal person, in a way. I like to go out and go to the grocery store and all that kind of stuff, so I hope that doesn't change."

Of course, Butler's been dating Vanessa Hudgens since 2011, so he knows the kind of annoying fame he's talking about. In fact, as we were perusing photos of him, we even spotted one of him and Vanessa going grocery shopping. And here we are, perpetuating the industry that will hound him down as he buys his veggies and toilet paper. Sorry, Austin! We can't help it, though, he's too adorable to ignore! Browse through the pics below and see for yourself.

Austin and AnnaSophia

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Austin and Vanessa

Austin and Vanessa

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Austin and AnnaSophia

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