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'The Good Place' co-stars reunite in Kristen Bell's 'Nobody Wants This'

The good place See you in Nobody wants that didn't go unnoticed!

On September 26, Netflix released its new romcom series, which follows sex podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell) as she forms a relationship with newly single rabbi Noah (Adam Brody). The couple is coming under fire, with critics claiming things won't work out between them.

As fans may have noticed, the new series brought together five former cast members of The good place for a mini reunion.

Most notably, D'Arcy Carden, who played Janet, appeared on screen alongside Bell, 44 The good place. In Nobody wants thatCarden, 44, plays Ryann, one of Joanne's friends who supports her new relationship with Noah.

Kristen Bell and D'Arcy Carden in The Good Place.

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fellow Good place In addition to Bell and Carden, actors Emily Arlook, Jackie Tohn and Leslie Grossman also appeared in the new Netflix series.

Arlook, 34, plays Rebecca, Noah's ex-girlfriend; Tohn, 44, plays Esther Roklov, the wife of Sasha Roklov (Noah's brother), who isn't particularly thrilled about Joanne's new romance with Noah; and Grossman, 52, plays Rabbi Shira.

To The good placeGrossman played Donna, the mother of Bell's main character, while Arlook and Tohn played Bad Place torturers Dana and Alexis in two episodes.

Another reunion for Bell came with Ryan Hansen, who shared the screen for Veronica Mars with Bell made a cameo appearance in episode 3.

The 43-year-old actor appears as Kyle, an old friend of Joanne's who has brought back his rocker character Kyle Bradway from Party down for the quick scene.

Ryan Hansen and Kristen Bell in Veronica Mars.

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Erin Foster is the producer of the new Netflix series and said it is based on her own love story. In 2019, Foster decided to convert to Judaism for her now-husband Simon Tikhman, and he suggested she write a show about the experience.

In an episode of her and her sister Sara Foster's podcast: The world's first podcastFoster revealed that the show was originally titled Shiksha (a term generally used by Jews to describe a non-Jewish woman). She also said the idea “clicked” when Tikhman brought it up, and while it wasn't biographical, it was a “love letter” to their marriage.

The Favorite daughter The founder used her husband as inspiration for Noah and herself for Joanne, explaining that he was “emotionally available, chivalrous, old-fashioned… but also really fun and confident.” One thing she had to jokingly give to Noah was “Rizz.”

Kristen Bell as Joanne, Adam Brody as Noah in Nobody Wants This.

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Tikhman's family life also mirrors that of Noah, as he was a son of Jewish-Russian immigrants. “We don’t have similar backgrounds,” Foster said. “He came from a much more traditional place. I came from a more unconventional place. When we met, we asked ourselves, 'How is this going to work?'”

Is there a difference between fiction and reality? Foster was welcomed into Tikhman's family with open arms. “For a television show, you have to have conflict, so you have to create people who are resistant to the relationship,” she explained on the podcast.

Other scenes, like the one where Noah brought a large bouquet of sunflowers to meet Joanne's parents and the “icks” from Joanne and her sister Morgan (Justine Lupe), were also true.

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Nobody wants that is now streaming on Netflix.