Netflix<\/a> and any lingering concerns seemed to swiftly vanish. Outlets like The New York Times and New York magazine lavished it with praise \u2014 \u201cCompulsively watchable!\u201d \u201cInstantly combustible chemistry!\u201d \u2014 and the show spent six consecutive weeks on the streamer\u2019s Top 10 list. By the year\u2019s end, Nobody Wants This was viewed 57 million times and went on to pick up nominations at every major awards show, including the Emmys, Golden Globes, SAG Awards and Writers Guild Awards.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cThe fact that I saw pictures of Halloween costumes feels like the benchmark of cultural penetration,\u201d says Brody, who was thrust back into the zeitgeist for the first time since The O.C. aired two decades earlier.<\/p>\n
\n\tEven Bell, whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is lined with hits including Frozen, had never received this much attention for a role. \u201cAnd now, if you ask me, I\u2019d say, \u2018I believe Erin Foster will become a reference point in TV and film meetings going forward,\u2019 \u201d says the actress, who, like many in the Nobody Wants This cast, was interviewed over the Jewish High Holy Days. \u201cPeople will say, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s Tim Burton-esque. It\u2019s Wes Anderson-esque. It\u2019s Erin Foster-esque.\u2019 I just wasn\u2019t adept enough in season one to realize it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAhead of season two, which drops Oct. 23, there was a sizable reshuffling behind the scenes. Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan, both veterans of HBO\u2019s Girls, were brought in to co-run the series \u2014 and, per Foster, \u201chelp get the train back on the tracks.\u201d And by all accounts, they have. In fact, the second season seemed to sail through the various stages of production blissfully. They have a writers room that\u2019s cohesive, producers who share a vision and a distributor in Netflix that is confident in what it\u2019s readying for release.<\/p>\n
\n\tBut let\u2019s not get ahead of ourselves.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tGivenchy by Sarah Burton coatdress, belt; Le Vian earrings; Kallati\u202fring; Wolford tights; Chimi sunglasses.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch<\/p>\n
\n\tHalf a decade earlier, Foster had all but given up on Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor years, the daughter of music producer David Foster and former model Rebecca Dyer had tried to get a toehold, first as an actress, with largely forgettable guest roles on series including The O.C., then as a writer. There was reality TV parody Barely Famous with her sister Sara at VH1, but mild cult status couldn\u2019t stave off its cancellation. Then Foster sold a semi-autobiographical sitcom pilot to Fox in 2018 \u2014 in addition to writing and producing, she starred opposite Don Johnson as her playboy dad. It was over before it started. \u201cThey pull out the edge and specificity and they water it down, and then they don\u2019t pick it up because it\u2019s not saying anything,\u201d says Foster. She walked away wondering, who needs it?<\/p>\n
\n\tBut just as her professional life had seemingly stalled, her personal one took off. At 35, Foster met the love of her life, a Jewish music executive named Simon Tikhman, and agreed to convert. In fact, she was regaling her manager, Oly Obst, with stories of the Jewish conversion process when he suggested there was a TV show in her experience. Its title, he told her, should be Shiksa. Foster agreed to write a script for 20th Television, where she was still in a deal. If it was picked up, she\u2019d star as a loosely fictionalized version of herself.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe only catch: Tikhman didn\u2019t know about any of it and was somewhat horrified when he found out. Unlike Foster, who was raised in a very public Los Angeles family, he wasn\u2019t comfortable with his private life becoming public. So for years, Foster dragged her heels. \u201cIt was a real journey,\u201d says Sara Foster, with whom Erin shares a podcast, a clothing line and a production company. \u201cIt took many forms: \u2018I don\u2019t want to do it,\u2019 \u2018Fuck it, let\u2019s not do it,\u2019 \u2018Nobody even wants this show.\u2019 \u201d In 2021, Erin finally settled in and started writing.<\/p>\n
\n\tBy then, Sara, the more business-minded of the sisters, had \u201cfull-on stalked\u201d Steve Levitan and convinced the Modern Family co-creator to join her and her sister as an executive producer. \u201cErin\u2019s such a good writer, and she understands these characters better than anyone,\u201d says Sara, \u201cbut we needed to bring someone on who could help us sell it.\u201d In addition to early structural contributions, Levitan proposed a more dramatic hook: Rather than have Brody\u2019s character be your run-of-the-mill Jewish guy whose family doesn\u2019t want him marrying outside the religion, make him a rabbi, so his profession complicates it, too. It would give the rom-com real stakes \u2014 and by distancing it from Foster\u2019s real life, prevent a premature divorce.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe completed script was sent all around town \u2014 and every outlet that read it passed. \u201cThe feedback was always, like, \u2018This feels small,\u2019 \u201d says Foster. Then Tracey Pakosta at Netflix got her hands on it and instantly saw the value. \u201cI didn\u2019t think there was anything small about it,\u201d she says. \u201cI felt like everybody would see a piece of themselves in these characters, not only in the big romance, but also in the relationship Joanne has with her sister, Morgan [played by Succession\u2018s Justine Lupe].\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tNetflix was in, but they\u2019d require a bigger star at the center. If Foster\u2019s ego was bruised, she didn\u2019t let on. In fact, she told Bell, who was the streamer\u2019s first and only choice to play Joanne, that staying behind the scenes would allow her to move forward with the show and have a baby at the same time. So Bell signed on and promptly began studying Foster\u2019s mannerisms and tacking up images of her various looks to the walls. \u201cIt was full Single White Female,\u201d jokes Bell.<\/p>\n
\n\tFoster will tell you they saw \u201cevery Jewish man in Hollywood\u201d to play opposite Bell. The truth is, they approached comedian Nick Kroll first, but he passed. \u201cThis is like Matt Damon turning down Avatar,\u201d Bell\u2019s husband, Dax Shepard, teased when he had Kroll on his podcast earlier this year. Foster was bummed at the time, though she concedes it would have been a very different show \u2014 certainly not the millennial fever dream of The O.C.\u2019s Seth Cohen (Brody) and Veronica Mars (Bell). \u201cThere was just something validating to me about a comedian [like Kroll] as the lead that felt like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m making a real comedy,\u2019 \u201d she explains. \u201cIt was a lot of my own insecurities as a writer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAll the while, Bell was insistent that Brody was perfect for the part. She even threw together a reel of their work in Showtime\u2019s House of Lies and the 2013 film Some Girls to showcase their chemistry. \u201cI was like, \u2018Guys, you\u2019re going to need an ice pack while you watch these scenes,\u2019 \u201d says Bell. \u201cI just kept saying, like, \u2018Trust me, Adam knows how to stare dopily at someone and so do I, and that\u2019s kind of all you need.\u2019 I mean, I\u2019d love to tell you it\u2019s real. It\u2019s not. We both just know how to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tFoster warmed to the idea almost immediately. So they sent Brody the script, and he agreed to a Zoom. He had questions about where the show was headed, many of which Foster couldn\u2019t answer. Still, she was charming, and so was the script. \u201cI was like, \u2018Well, fuck it,\u2019 \u201d says Brody. \u201c\u2018I really like her, I like this episode, and I love Kristen and it\u2019s Netflix and there are a lot of reasons to just roll the dice.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tOn Bell: David Koma dress; Kallati ring. On Brody: Dior Men jacket, pants; stylist\u2019s scarf; Gold Toe socks; Paul Smith lace-ups.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe first of many battles was over the show\u2019s title. Foster was dead set on Shiksa, but Netflix executives balked. It would be hard to say, they reasoned, and even harder to spell \u2014 more importantly, a global audience likely wouldn\u2019t know what it means. (According to Brody\u2019s character, it\u2019s an old Yiddish term that now mostly refers to \u201ca hot, blond non-Jew.\u201d) A few dozen other titles were batted around; for a stretch, they\u2019d settled on Heartburn, but it was already taken by a Nora Ephron book and film, so they pivoted to Nobody Wants This.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe were all like, \u2018Man, I hope the reviewers like the show because if not, they\u2019re going to dog-fuck us into the ground with that title,\u2019 \u201d says Timothy Simons, who was cast as Noah\u2019s doofy brother, Sasha. \u201cThe headline writes its fucking self: \u2018Nobody Wants This Show.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n
\n\tThey filmed the first two episodes, and then took a preplanned break to assess what was and wasn\u2019t working. In that time, the cast got to see a rough cut of episode one. For Brody, in particular, it was a massive relief. \u201cI was blown away,\u201d he says. \u201cThere was an energy to it, a sort of sexiness that I wasn\u2019t sure about as we were making it. With some of the banter, as I was doing it, I\u2019d be like, \u2018Is this going to make me want to gag or is this charming?\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n
\n\tThen came the table read for episodes three and four.<\/p>\n
\n\tAs three was initially written, Joanne and Noah have just had, per the script, \u201cthe best kiss either of them have ever had,\u201d and then his Jewish ex-girlfriend calls to say her mother has died. As her family\u2019s rabbi, Noah feels compelled to be there for his ex and her relatives as they sit shiva. Foster had wanted the conflict to be embedded in the Jewish grieving process, which is completely foreign to Joanne and leaves her spiraling over Noah\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBut one person makes the next person panic and then the next person panic, and the panic was, \u2018Is this funny enough?\u2019 And I just kept saying, \u2018Guys, I don\u2019t think you have to worry,\u2019 \u201d says Foster. She didn\u2019t yet have the credibility with her fellow producers, the studio or the streamer to stave off their concerns, however. So, the script got tossed out, the shutdown extended and Levitan stepped in and wrote a notably lighter, shiva-free version. Foster resisted almost every change. \u201cI was at a place where I thought, \u2018This is my only chance to have a show,\u2019 \u201d she says, \u201d \u2018and I\u2019m not going to let everybody else convince me that I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tJustine Lupe and Timothy Simons. On Lupe: Monique Lhuillier gown; Kallati earrings, ring; Hanut Singh ring. On Simons: Todd Snyder jacket, pants, waistcoat, shirt; stylist\u2019s tie.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch (2)<\/p>\n
\n\tThe actors, with the exception of Bell, who\u2019s also a producer, were left largely in the dark. \u201cOne day we were all collectively celebrating this kind of magic that we\u2019d captured, then two days later the wheels came off,\u201d recalls Brody, who adds of the whiplash: \u201cI was like, \u2018What the fuck? The show is so good. What is the problem?\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n
\n\tFrom there, the scripts fell further behind, and concerns over structure and tone kept mounting. Several involved say they were genuinely fearful that the whole series would fall apart. At a certain point, even Brody felt like, as he puts it, \u201cwe were being noted to death.\u201d Levitan is said to have tired of the dysfunction and walked away roughly halfway through the season, though contractually he\u2019ll remain an executive producer for the life of the series. Soon after, Jack Burditt, whose credits include 30 Rock and Last Man Standing, was brought in either \u201cto calm the network\u201d or \u201cto do triage,\u201d depending on who you ask. But before the first season had even dropped, both he and the original co-showrunner, Craig DiGregorio, were gone as well.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe actors navigated the uncertainty as best they could, though some struggled more than others. \u201cI like to have an idea of what the fuck is going on while we\u2019re shooting, and there\u2019s a difference between being like, \u2018Where is this headed next season?\u2019 And \u2018What\u2019s happening in this scene?\u2019 \u201d says Lupe, who spent much of the first season trying to understand the sexually charged relationship that her character has with Noah\u2019s married brother, Sasha. But Foster, who initially had the pair hooking up, only to scrap that plan during production, didn\u2019t have clear answers for her or her co-star.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tTimothy Simons, Jackie Tohn, Justine Lupe, Adam Brody and Kristen Bell were photographed Oct.\u202f6 at The Ebell of Los\u202fAngeles.
On Simons: Dolce & Gabbana shirt, pants; Gabriela Hearst coat; Stetson hat; Gold Toe socks; stylist\u2019s shoes.On Tohn: Maria Lucia Hohan dress; Kallati rings; Giuseppe Zanotti sandals. On Lupe: Cong Tri gown; Le Vian earrings, ring; Kallati ring; Jimmy Choo sandals. On Brody: Valentino jacket, shirt, pants, shoes. On Bell: Dolce & Gabbana gown; Le Vian earrings, rings; Christian Louboutin slingbacks.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI\u2019d be like, \u2018Am I seducing this person right now? Am I going to fuck him in the next episode?\u2019 Like, \u2018Erin, I need to know,\u2019 \u201d says Lupe, who was also pregnant at the time. \u201cThen, when I watched it, I was like, \u2018Oh, OK, yeah, this gets parts of me tingling in a weird way, where I\u2019m like, what is this?\u2019 Like, it\u2019s interesting and vague, and that\u2019s what made it fun. So, she was right, but as an actor, I was like, \u2018What the fuck?\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n
\n\tMeanwhile, Bell, or \u201cKB\u201d as her castmates call her, was having her own challenges. For the entire first season, she was convinced she didn\u2019t know what she was doing. There wasn\u2019t enough plot for her to make sense of, and the level of ambiguity in the scripts sent her spinning. \u201cI pushed back with constant questioning because I didn\u2019t have the same hooks into the emotional math of my character that I\u2019m used to having,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd now I see how much ambiguity there is in real life, and I see what Erin was doing \u2014 but there were times where I\u2019d just roll my eyes at her and be like, \u2018Ugh, you don\u2019t understand.\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOnce I saw the show, and to be honest, once I saw people seeing the show, because proof is in the pudding, I was like, \u2018Oh wow, this girl is writing about what happens to your neighbor or your girlfriend,\u2019 \u201d she continues. \u201cSo it wasn\u2019t just because of the success of the show that the second season got easier; it was because Erin and I finally saw each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tJackie Tohn and Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. On Tohn: Brunello Cucinelli suit; Le Vian earrings, rings; Alexandre Birman sandals. On Brody: Valentino donegal tweed jacket, red silk shirt. On Bell: Dolce & Gabbana crystal black gown; Le Vian earrings, rings.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch (2)<\/p>\n
\n\tBy the time season one had finished filming, nobody involved knew what to make of it. Then came whispers that Netflix had put the show on its internal server, and employees couldn\u2019t get enough of Bell and Brody\u2019s crackling chemistry.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe were hearing that they were sliding off their chairs, and I mean that in the way you think I mean that,\u201d jokes Jackie Tohn, who credits Bell, \u201ca real dirtbag,\u201d for the lewd comment. Asked to defend herself, Bell says, \u201cThat\u2019s a high compliment when someone slides off their chair for you, we all know that.\u201d She smiles. \u201cGirls can be pervs, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tStill, no one would have predicted the scale at which the series landed, making the streamer\u2019s Top 10 list in 89 countries around the world. Overnight, memes of Brody\u2019s character telling Joanne, \u201cI can handle you,\u201d or cupping her face in a passionate kiss, were racing around the internet. Audiences were eating up their refreshingly healthy love story and, for that matter, whatever was going on between Morgan and Sasha.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cFor Erin and me, it was so nice because I think people have always questioned us \u2014 they\u2019ve questioned our talent, questioned our ability, questioned our place in the business,\u201d says Sara Foster, who Lupe\u2019s Morgan is loosely based on. \u201cBut to be honest, you never know when to grab the champagne. It\u2019s like, \u2018OK, great, season one was a hit, now we have to make season two a hit.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOf course, by then, the season two room was well underway. In fact, the five leads \u2014 Tohn, who plays Sasha\u2019s wife, Esther, was upped to a series regular between seasons \u2014 had already been in to get a sense for where the story was headed. Bell, in particular, liked what she heard. \u201cErin said, \u2018We\u2019re going to give the people what they want,\u2019 and I thought that was very cool,\u201d says Bell. \u201cShe was like, \u2018You don\u2019t want it to turn into, like, a murder mystery \u2014 you just want the bubblegum flavor to last forever, and we\u2019re going to do our best to do that.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n
\n\tKonner and Kaplan had come in as self-proclaimed \u201csuperfans\u201d of the show. \u201cSo, our intention was never to change anything,\u201d says Konner, who, having worked with Lena Dunham for years, was well-versed in both protecting and shaping someone else\u2019s vision. The pair instituted structure and boundaries that didn\u2019t previously exist. By the time filming began, eight of 10 scripts had been turned in, in one form or another. Creatively, they embraced Foster\u2019s ideas, while pushing, successfully, for her to slow the story down. (Spoiler alert: By the end of season two, Joanne has not made the big life decisions Foster initially envisioned.)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt took a while for me to relax and trust, but Jenni knew that she was dealing with a traumatized bird,\u201d says Foster, and Konner doesn\u2019t argue with her assessment. Instead, she says: \u201cHaving done this kind of role before, I felt very confident that I could help her navigate without trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tKristen Bell and Adam Brody were photographed Oct.\u202f6 at The Ebell of Los\u202fAngeles.
Artistic & Fashion Director Alison Edmond; On Bell: Khaite jacket, cap; Handsome Stockholm gloves.
On Brody: Thom Sweeney suit, shirt, tie.; Brody Grooming: Kim Verbeck. Bell Makeup: Simone Siegl. Bell Hair: Stephanie Rives. Foster Makeup: Katey Denno. Foster Hair: Miles Jeffries. Konner Makeup: Hayley Kassel. Konner Hair: Ashley Lynn Hall. Lupe Makeup: Rachel Goodwin. Lupe Hair: John D. Simons Grooming: Florido Bassallo. Tohn Makeup: Mai Quinh. Tohn Hair: Scott King. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch; Fashion Assistants: Elliott Pearson, Jose Santiago, Ilona Waters. Tailor: Tatyana Cassanelli. PA: Savanna Trujillo-Poelma.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe was by Foster\u2019s side last fall as the show fielded its first bout of backlash. It centered on the show\u2019s treatment of Jewish women, who, according to one widely shared Time essay, \u201care portrayed as nags, harpies and the ultimate villains of this story.\u201d Foster continues to find the criticism frustrating. \u201cIt\u2019s so rare to have a beautiful Jewish story on a mass commercial scale that to focus on something and decide it\u2019s problematic to Jews just felt very shortsighted to me,\u201d she says. \u201cAlso, it\u2019s about a non-Jewish girl coming into a Jewish family, and if they all welcomed her with open arms, there\u2019s no show. But yes, these characters evolve in human ways because that\u2019s what you do in a second season.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tKonner is keenly aware of the online narrative that her hiring, as a born-and-raised Jewish woman, was in response to that criticism, even if the timeline doesn\u2019t check out. \u201cAnd it\u2019s insulting,\u201d she says. \u201cI didn\u2019t come in to be the Jewish police \u2014 I have a lot of other qualities, it turns out, as does Bruce Kaplan.\u201d Kaplan is similarly dismissive. He acknowledges that they did discuss the backlash in the season two room but very quickly brushed it aside. \u201cI view these characters as people, not as representations,\u201d he says. \u201cSo I\u2019m just like, \u2018Well, what would Esther do?\u2019 I don\u2019t need to care what the internet is saying.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tJenni Konner and Erin Foster. On Konner: Jenny Packham gown; Etho Maria ring; Le Vian ring.
On Foster: Vintage Roberto Cavalli tuxedo coat; stylist\u2019s own belt; Wolford tights; Le Vian earrings, rings.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch<\/p>\n
\n\tNow, with season two about to be unleashed into the world, the writers are back in the room, blue-skying a not-yet-officially-ordered third season, and the cast is enjoying the success and one another. \u201cI\u2019ve spent a lot of time not in this position, so to have it happen at this point in my life is gratifying,\u201d says Brody. \u201cAnd as silly as awards may be, recognition is nice, respect is nice, opportunity is cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBy all accounts, that\u2019s the outlook that permeates the Nobody Wants This set \u2014 it\u2019s a bunch of adults that value the opportunity, even if, occasionally, they still behave like children. There\u2019s no better or more hilarious example of the latter than the elaborate April Fools\u2019 prank Lupe played on Bell earlier this year. Over the course of nearly two months, Lupe convinced her co-star that she was drinking her own urine for its health benefits. She would walk around the set with mason jars full of colored liquid, and nearly everyone but Bell was in on it. Simons still can\u2019t believe Lupe attempted it, much less saw it through. \u201cPulling a prank on KB, that\u2019s like a witch\u2019s curse,\u201d he says. \u201cYou\u2019re going to get that shit back tenfold.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAsked about her plans for retaliation, Bell offers only this: \u201cI\u2019m not going to Lindbergh her baby or anything, but it\u2019s going to be something and it\u2019s going to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAt any given time, there are multiple cast text chains going, including one titled \u201cShiksa Shegetz,\u201d which regularly features the image of Noah and Joanne\u2019s famous, hands-on-face kiss, which Simons will superimpose in front of real-life scenes like Lupe in the delivery room with her newborn daughter. More recently, the core five have been active on a thread they\u2019ve titled \u201cSack tap,\u201d which, Simons acknowledges, \u201cis a very bro-ey name for a group that isn\u2019t super bro-ey.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe actors frequently bring their kids to set (as they did to THR\u2018s cover shoot), and many of the significant others were involved to varying degrees in season two. Tohn\u2019s boyfriend, Joe Gillette, guests in episode five and eight as Gabe, the husband of an influencer played by Brody\u2019s real-life wife, Leighton Meester. Foster\u2019s hoping both will be back in future seasons. Meanwhile, Konner\u2019s husband directed the final two episodes, and Lupe\u2019s husband and his art appear briefly in episode four. Even Tikhman, who was once vehemently opposed to the very idea of the show, made the soundtrack for season two. \u201cIn success, it\u2019s fun for him,\u201d says Foster, before Konner interjects: \u201cEspecially when Adam Brody\u2019s playing you as the sexiest rabbi on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tOn Brody: Valentino donegal tweed jacket, red silk shirt.
\nOn Bell: Dolce & Gabbana crystal black gown; Le Vian earrings, rings.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotographed by Guy Aroch<\/p>\n
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