Adam Brody is revealing what it was like to have Seth Rogen join Nobody Wants This.
In a new interview with People, he spoke about working alongside Rogen on a project for the first time and the energy The Studio boss brought to his scenes with fellow guest star Kate Berlant.
“He just let it rip. He and Kate Berlant, who I’m also a huge fan of, just went way off script,” Brody said. “I just got to buckle up and hang on.”
In season two of the hit Netflix show, The O.C. alum’s character, rabbi Noah and his agnostic girlfriend Joanne (Kristen Bell) are trying to navigate their differences. In Noah’s search for a temple more accepting of Joanne’s timeline and of when — or if — she’ll convert to Judaism, he finds a progressive temple run by Neil (Rogen) and Cami (Berlant). However, Noah has a hard time adjusting to their laid-back approach to religion.
Brody calls Rogen’s Neil a “rock ‘n’ roll rabbi to Noah’s more buttoned-up one.” He also praised Rogen as being “so funny and talented.”
“He’s incredibly gregarious, and he’s identifiably Jewish,” Brody continued to describe why Rogen was right for the role. “I think he’s just a great fit.”
Earlier this year, the actors were both up for best actor in a comedy series at the 2025 Emmys, for their respective shows. Rogen won the prize for playing Matt Remick in The Studio.
Another highly anticipated guest star this season is Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, who is married to Brody in real life. Meester plays Abby, Joanne’s nemesis from middle school. At Nobody Wants This‘ season two premiere last week, the show’s creator, Erin Foster, told The Hollywood Reporter about rewriting Meester’s episode so she interacts with Brody.
“It’s because the character was already written into the script without being cast at all,” Foster said. “When [Meester] said yes, I went back into the script — they didn’t even have any scenes together, so I gave them their little scene together and I really wanted him to say, ‘She’s not my type.’ He says that in the episode and it just meant a lot to me to get to say something funny like that because I thought it could become a meme.”
