Today marks the launch of Deadline’s new interview series Take Ten — 10 minutes of quick-fire talk time with your on-screen favorites. In the hot seat for Episode 1 is Adam Brody, the Emmy-nominated star of Nobody Wants This on Netflix.
So, will Noah regret choosing love over his career? What’s the behind-the-scenes scoop on Brody’s real-life wife Leighton Meester joining the Season 2 cast? Which scene was deleted from Season 1? We get into all this and more in the video above.
In Season 1, Brody set hearts afire as deeply romantic and lovable Rabbi Noah Roklov. When Noah falls hard for Kristen Bell’s agnostic podcaster Joanne, the couple are met with some serious obstacles, including, but not limited to, differences in faith, an ex-fiancée and one extremely disgruntled mother.
Adam Brody as Noah in ‘Nobody Wants This’
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In the video interview, Brody muses over Noah’s decision to choose Joanne over becoming Head Rabbi in the Season 1 finale. “Even if it doesn’t work out, love’s worth it,” he says. “You’ve got to follow your heart.”
He adds that Noah and Joanne are compatible in his opinion because, aside from mutual mental and physical attraction, “They make each other laugh, which is a big thing. I think they share a sense of a sense of humor.” Plus, he says, “I think they’re a bit of opposites. I think they find the contrast very enjoyable and engaging and challenging and attractive.”
If the Season 1 logline was “Boy meets girl, proves romance isn’t dead,” Brody says Season 2’s logline would be, “Can romance stay alive in the harsh light of day?” This suggests that Noah and Joanne are in for a less-than-easy ride in the show’s sophomore outing, which premieres October 23 on Netflix. Brody also gets into the scenes he shares with Meester and the experience on being on the set together, Noah’s worst habit and the similarities he sees between Noah and himself.
Adam Brody and Kristen Bell as Noah and Joanne in ‘Nobody Wants This’
Netflix
Brody is Emmy-nominated for Lead Actor in a Comedy. Bell is nominated for Lead Actress, and the show received a Comedy Series nomination.
Nobody Wants This is created by Erin Foster and loosely based on her own experience of meeting her husband and her conversion to Judaism.
In Season 2, Foster is joined by new showrunners Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan of Girls fame. And alongside Meester (The Buccaneers), additions to the Season 2 cast include Alex Karpovsky (Girls), Miles Fowler (A Man on the Inside) and Adrian Moayed (Succession).
To watch this episode of Take Ten with Adam Brody, click the video above.
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