From The O.C. and Gossip Girl to Netflix: Adam Brody and Kristen Bell on Nobody Wants This
Adam Brody and Kristen Bell joined The Drew Barrymore Show to talk about the runaway success of their Netflix romantic comedy, Nobody Wants This. With the series sitting comfortably atop the streaming charts, the two leads looked back on the intersecting paths that shaped their careers — and on how those earlier chapters eventually led them to share the screen.
Brody recalled the early-2000s explosion of The O.C., explaining that shooting far from the spotlight kept the cast largely insulated from the frenzy surrounding the show. He also revisited his brief stint on Gilmore Girls, noting that the series has reached an even wider, multi-generational audience thanks to streaming — a shift that has let him fully grasp how far his early work travels.
Bell, meanwhile, opened up about her voiceover role as the unseen narrator of Gossip Girl. After Veronica Mars was cancelled, she took the initiative and pitched herself for narration on the newly launched teen drama. That decision introduced her to Leighton Meester, who had previously appeared on Veronica Mars opposite Adam Scott before landing her career-defining part as Blair Waldorf. Bell joked about the symmetry of now starring opposite Meester's real-life husband, Brody, years after the two women's careers first brushed against each other.
The pair also traded favorite moments from their filmographies, including Bell's time on the camp classic Burlesque alongside Cher, Christina Aguilera and Stanley Tucci. She described a lighthearted on-set dynamic with Julianne Hough, whose character clashed with Bell's on screen even as the two became friends off it. Taken together, the conversation made clear how decades of shared television history underpin the easy chemistry Brody and Bell bring to Nobody Wants This, still going strong on Netflix.
