Adam Brody and Kristen Bell starred in two of the preferred teen dramas of the early aughts, however that does not imply they're intimately conversant in one another's work.
During a current podcast look, the Nobody Wants This costars awkwardly admitted that neither has ever seen an episode of the opposite's breakthrough present — Brody's The O.C. or Bell's Veronica Mars.
The dialog happened on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman's Armchair Expert podcast, when Shepard, who's married to Bell, requested if she might recall watching The O.C. and having a crush on Brody. “I've… never seen any episode of The O.C.,” she confessed, as Brody and Shepard burst into laughter.
Thinking Brody was cute, nevertheless, was a very completely different story. “Now, did I have a crush on Adam? Of course. Everybody did,” she mentioned. “I have never seen an episode of The O.C.”
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Brody starred as Seth Cohen — the quirky, dreamy nerd who was obsessive about comics and emo bands — throughout all 4 seasons of the Fox drama, from 2003 till 2007. Upon listening to that Bell hadn't watched The O.C., he interjected, “I've never seen an episode of Veronica Mars.”
Cue disappointment from everybody within the room. “That one hurts,” Bell admitted, as Shepard and Padman groaned. “That hurt?” Brody requested, to which Bell replied, “Yeah, a little bit.”
Created by Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars starred Bell within the title function as a high-schooler who moonlights as a non-public investigator. The sequence, which was additionally narrated by Bell, initially ran for 3 seasons, from 2004 till 2007; it in the end spawned a 2014 movie and a 2019 fourth season.
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Shepard famous that it was positive Bell hadn't seen The O.C., however mentioned Brody by no means seeing Veronica Mars was “amoral.” Bell added that she was “reticent to admit” that she'd by no means seen The O.C. as a result of she has so many pals who labored on the present, including, “I was really close with Rachel [Bilson], I still am.”
Shepard then stepped in to come back to his spouse's protection. “You were in your twenties,” he mentioned. “You weren't watching a ton of TV. You were out doing life.”
It was the identical for Brody. “I wasn't in watching a bunch of high school shows,” he defined. “I was going to the Sunset 5 [movie theater].”
Bell, nevertheless, can take consolation in the truth that Brody hasn't seen one other legendary tv present: The Sopranos. “But it's a goal!” he insisted. “I'm not proud of that. That's not a stance. That's an oversight. That's a missed opportunity.”
Bell concluded, “I've never seen The O.C., but I adored Adam. Of course. Everybody did. Everybody does. And I continue to.”
Listen to the pair mirror on by no means seeing one another's exhibits within the podcast above.
