The couple first crossed paths on the set of their Netflix series "Sex/Life" in 2020, and it was practically love at first sight for Shahi. "I said, 'Well, that's a tall drink of water.' When I first met Adam, I was really blown away with him," Shahi told People in June 2021. "We met in the makeup trailer and we just got on instantly. We had the exact same taste in music. We had the same taste in whiskey and tequilas and I was really blown away by him just as a person and all I knew was that I wanted more."
Demos later credited their onscreen chemistry to creator Stacy Rukeyser's "incredible writing." He told Us Weekly in July 2021, "I think we're both pretty well-suited to play the characters and just good casting. That's Stacy, she knew what she was doing."
