{"id":416318,"date":"2026-01-19T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/416318\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:49:08","slug":"ben-mckenzies-wife-morena-baccarin-was-not-an-o-c-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/416318\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben McKenzie&#8217;s wife, Morena Baccarin, was not an &#8216;O.C.&#8217; fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morena Baccarin might be married to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/08\/07\/15-years-later-the-cast-of-the-o-c-hasnt-aged\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe O.C.\u201d star<\/a> Ben McKenzie \u2014 but she was no \u201cRyan Atwood groupie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t, I wasn\u2019t a huge fan,\u201d she sheepishly admitted to Page Six at the New York City premiere of \u201cThe Wrecking Crew\u201d Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>After shockingly confessing to never having even seen the show, Baccarin said she connected with McKenzie because of who he was, rather than his role as hunky Ryan Atwood.<\/p>\n<p>Morena Baccarin, who is married to \u201cThe O.C.\u201d alum Ben McKenzie, told Page Six she wasn\u2019t a fan of the show. Page Six<\/p>\n<p>McKenzie played Ryan Atwood in the teen drama. \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Despite not watching the show when it first came out, she acknowledged that the series is \u201chaving a fun resurgence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s awesome,\u201d she gushed.<\/p>\n<p>McKenzie, 47, and Baccarin, 46, actually met on the set of \u201cGotham\u201d in 2014. <\/p>\n<p>The couple met on the set of \u201cGotham.\u201d 20th Century Fox Licensing\/Merchandising \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>They married in 2017 and share two children. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The two went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/03\/11\/ben-mckenzie-and-morena-baccarin-welcome-baby-frances-laiz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">welcome their daughter, Frances<\/a>, in 2016 and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2017\/06\/07\/ben-mckenzie-and-morena-baccarin-are-married\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tied the knot a year later<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The couple later <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/03\/10\/morena-baccarin-gives-birth-to-second-child-with-ben-mckenzie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">welcomed their son, Arthur, in 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baccarin also shares a son, Julius, with ex-husband Austin Chick.<\/p>\n<p>Baccarin will soon be seen in \u201cThe Wrecking Crew.\u201d Jason Laciste\/Prime<\/p>\n<p>She described costars Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista as \u201ctender, big, kind guys.\u201d Johns PKI \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHomeland\u201d alum will soon be featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KOt0E7v-Hu8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cThe Wrecking Crew,\u201d <\/a>which stars Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa as estranged half-brothers who reunite to solve the mystery surrounding their father\u2019s unexpected death.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the \u201cDeadpool\u201d star loved filming with the duo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was great. We shot the car sequence, we were in a car together for five days \u2026 the joking and the camaraderie,\u201d she gushed, noting that despite their mountainous physiques, both of them are \u201ctender, big, kind guys.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morena Baccarin might be married to \u201cThe O.C.\u201d star Ben McKenzie \u2014 but she was no \u201cRyan Atwood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[48594,236,2865,88,186,191668,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-416318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ben-mckenzie","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-couples","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-exclusive","13":"tag-morena-baccarin","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}