Nobody Wants This co-stars Adam Brody and Kristen Bell have revealed they haven’t watched each other’s hit teen dramas, The O.C. and Veronica Mars. Brody, who will play the hot rabbi on the show, rose to fame from The O.C. show, where the actor played Seth Cohen alongside Rachel Bilson.
Speaking of Bell, the actress played the lead role in the teen drama, which also featured Jason Dohring and Teddy Dunn. During their appearance on The Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, the actors shared details about their upcoming Netflix show, which saw the celebrities playing pranks on each other.
During the conversation, Bell confessed that although she hasn’t watched a single episode of The O.C., she still has a crush on the actor. Speaking to her husband, Bell said, “I’ve never watched an episode of The O.C.” The Good Place actress also mentioned that she found Brody really cute. She said, “Now, did I have a crush on Adam? Of course. Everyone did.”
The River Wild star burst out laughing at the actress’ confession. Not feeling too innocent himself, the actor also confessed that he hasn’t watched a single episode of Veronica Mars. Finding this confession shocking, Bell said, “It’s painful.”
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Shortly after his wife’s confession about Brody not watching the teen drama, the podcast host who defended the actress revealed that her not watching the show had nothing to do with the Hollywood actor. Still, since many of her friends had appeared on the TV series, she didn’t want to criticize.
“I was very close with Rachel (Bilson), and still am,” Bell confessed. Bilson played Brody’s character’s girlfriend, Summer Roberts. In fact, the actor and Bilson even dated offscreen until the show’s final season. Explaining the reason for not watching Veronica Mars, the Gilmore Girls actor mentioned that he was in his 20s and didn’t like watching television dramas very much.
Brody elaborated, “I wasn’t watching many shows in high school. I was going to the Sunset 5 (movie theater).”
As for the upcoming romance drama, Nobody Wants This, Brody and Bell will fall in love with each other in the episode releasing on September 26.
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