Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Adam Brody and Kristen Bell weren’t expecting “Nobody Wants This,” their Netflix comedy series about the unlikely romance between a recently single rabbi (Brody) and a non-Jewish sex podcast host (Bell), to become a cultural juggernaut. “We are in a tense moment of massive upheaval, and there doesn’t seem to be many romantic comedies, period,” Brody tells me when asked why he thinks the Netflix show has resonated. “It feels like we have the field to ourselves for a moment.” Bell says. “There was a ton of really great, intense, hardcore television that ‘Breaking Bad’ inspired — rough-and-tumble watches — and something lovely in the rom-com space hadn’t been felt by the masses in a while.” I caught up with Brody and Bell at a recent “Nobody Wants This” FYC event at Netflix’s Tudum Theater in Hollywood. Bell: No.
We just felt like we were shooting this little show on Vermont in Los Feliz. Brody: Of course not. I’m still distrustful of it.
I keep thinking I’ll put on Netflix and it won’t be there. So I’m pinching myself a little bit. Bell: I’m just happy that people were happy watching that show.
That’s like my main goal. I don’t know that my goal has ever been to do something that so profoundly affects people other than through happiness. Brody: Hopefully, it won’t be so bad.
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