“I said, ‘Well, that’s a tall drink of water.’ When I first met Adam, I was really blown away with him,” Shahi tells PEOPLE.
“And then I got an opportunity to act with him, and I will say, sitting across the other side of the camera with him was just a privilege,” she shares.
On Sex/Life, Shahi, 41, stars as a woman caught in a love triangle with her husband .
“Not exactly sure how two people on opposite sides of the world could have more in common, were meant to meet, were meant to be together.