Kristen Bell, Adam Brody's Quotes About “Nobody Wants That Chemistry.”

Kristen Bell And Adam BrodyThe chemistry on screen is unique.

The duo stars in Netflix's romantic comedy series. Nobody wants thatwhich appeared on the streaming platform at the end of September 2024. Together with Bell, sisters Erin Foster And Sara Foster serve as executive producers.

In the show, Bell plays Joanne, a podcast producer and host who has a history of picking the wrong people. For his part, Brody plays Noah, a handsome rabbi she meets at a mutual friend's dinner party.

When speaking with TV line Ahead of the season one premiere, Brody – who has worked with Bell on multiple occasions – spoke about the undeniable on-screen chemistry between the two.

“I knew we had great chemistry. I knew how talented and funny she was,” Brody told the outlet. “But it wasn't until I saw the first episode shortly after that I saw the chemistry and said, 'Oh, okay, this is real.'”

Erin, whose life the series is loosely based on, added: “The chemistry between them is just unreal. It's crazy because they're friends in real life. Off-camera chemistry isn't there. There's like no sexual tension on set, and then the camera goes off and it's like, 'Holy shit!' It's really there.”

Read on to find out everything Bell and Brody said about their chemistry Nobody wants that.

Previously worked together

Co-star there Nobody wants that isn't the first time Bell and Brody have shared the screen together. The pair have worked together before House of lies, Scream 4, CHiPs And Some girls.

“You arrive on set incredibly familiar with someone within a few hours; “If I sit here with you for three more hours, we’ll know each other pretty well and be comfortable,” Brody said in a September 2024 interview with the newspaper Los Angeles Times. “It's nothing you can't acquire, but I do think we've worked together before, knowing we get along, knowing we work well together – you know there's a high floor when that's the one is the correct expression. You start from a good starting point. How high you can get is still an open question.”

The importance of prolonged eye contact

Bell talked about the importance of eye contact when filming a romantic comedy Nobody wants that in two separate interviews in September 2024.

“Adam can stare longingly into someone’s eyes for an extended period of time, and so can I,” Bell said Harper's Bazaar. “And not to burst everyone’s bubble, but [the onscreen connection comes from] the mathematics of it, the anticipation of it. If someone can hold it with you and you know they can stay in that eye contact zone, you’re going to break a lens.”

She told that L.A. Times: “Because it's a romantic comedy, and especially this one that so often relies on eye contact and no dialogue, I know he has a mode where he can just stare deeply into someone's eyes for an awkward amount of time . I have this mode too. It's just a trick in the magician's pocket. In my opinion, some actors can do it and some can't. I thought, “Well, I know I can do it.” I know Adam can do it. We can fill the entire room.'”

admiration

“I've been a fan of Kristen's for a long time. I think she’s an all-around flawless comedian and actress,” Brody said L.A. Times in September 2024. “I can still see you in modes that I haven't even seen you in yet, but I know that you know that you can, and I can imagine it because I think that you “You’re very, very versatile in terms of sound.”

Knowing Adam Brody’s “Zones.”

Bell, for her part, gushed about knowing her co-star's strengths and how to play to them on screen.

“I feel like I know Adam's zones, and I feel like that's because I've seen a lot of stuff that he's been in. I’m a big fan of his work,” she said L.A. Times in September 2024, adding that her husband, Dax ShepardHe has cast Brody in films he directed.

She continued, “When I read the script, I knew that this had to be a person who leads with charm, intelligence and vulnerability, and I just know that he masters those qualities very easily.”

Her hot smooch

When asked about their characters' first kiss early in the series, both Bell and Brody reflected on how they got the “greatest kiss of all time” just right.

“I think we both realize that the butterflies and heart palpitations live in the anticipation – the foretaste is so much more romantic than the actual kiss,” Bell said Harper's Bazaar in September 2024, noting that the take that made it into the show was “unscripted.”

Brody added: “I don't think we talked about it either, but maybe we did – but maybe what felt most real to me is that then we stop.” [kissing]and then you have to go, and then there's a quick kiss. That feels so natural and lifelike to me – the first time you make out with someone and it's so great and you don't want to say goodbye and it's like you're kissing until the last second. ”

Dax Shepard's seal of approval

In an interview with TV line In September 2024, Bell shared that her husband was hooked from the first episode thanks to the chemistry between them.

“When I showed my husband the first episode, in that scene he grabbed my arm and said, 'God, I want you to kiss so bad!'” she remembers. “It touched him and I thought, 'Oh, we've done something really special.'”