Adam Brody is opening up about kissing Kristen Bell in his new hit rom-com series “Nobody Wants This.”
In the Netflix show, Bell, 44, plays a sex-positive podcast host named Joan who meets a newly single rabbi, Noah (Brody), and falls in love with him. The two try to move their relationship forward through family and cultural drama.
But in real life, Brody, 44, and Bell are good friends, which makes kissing scenes between “The OC” alumnus and the “Veronica Mars” star easier.
“I think because we know each other, it’s less awkward, as awkward as it may seem,” Brody said. “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Thursday. “I don’t know, I mean, I think there’s some trust there, some familiarity.”
Kimmel, 56, asked the “Jennifer’s Body” actor if he and his wife Leighton Meester, who have a daughter and a son, find themselves hanging out with “The Good Place.” The star and her husband, Dax Shepard, who have been more or less since filming, are parents to daughters Lincoln and Delta.
“That’s a good question,” Brody said. “That could be the litmus test. Not necessary. They live in the east, I live in the west. I think it’s okay. But Dax is always moaning, ‘Oh, I wish you lived East so we could hang out more.'”
“Don’t you have 300 cars?” He quipped. “Driving should be fun!”
The final episode ended unexpectedly, leaving fans eager for season 2.
Brody said of the network’s reaction to the second season, “I think they played it cool.” “We’ll see. The truth is I don’t know anything officially, but in my heart I think I know something.”
Meanwhile, Bell also understands why viewers go crazy over her on-screen chemistry with Brody.
“Even I can admit to looking at it, like, ‘Wow, that’s hot,'” she admitted during a recent event. etalk Interview. ,my husband said the same thingLike, watching the first episode, she said, ‘Oh my God, I want you to kiss her so badly.'”
“I’m not trying to be reductive, but I think there’s a mathematics to it. You have two actors who know how to stare into each other’s eyes, and you have to have the confidence to extend it and really keep the anticipation value before the kiss – which I think is really important.
Bell confessed, “Whether people want to see you end up with someone or not, that’s a bullshit thing, and we have it like lightning in a bottle.”
Series creator Erin Foster has also emphasized the possibility of Joan and Noah’s love story continuing.
“Conversations about a possible season two have definitely started,” he explained. indiewire Last month. “The story unfolds really slowly in season one. So I think if there is a season two I would like to pick up where we left off and keep it going at a slower pace, because I don’t want us to get too ahead of ourselves.
“We’re getting a really positive response,” Foster added. “And so I think the conversation has definitely started about a potential season two.”
The 10-episode series is currently streaming on Netflix.
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