Nobody Wants This season two has now been out in the world for two weeks, marking just enough time for the cast and creators to get back together and break it all down.
Thats exactly what happened on Friday afternoon, as Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn joined creator Erin Foster, co-showrunners Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan and music supervisor Manish Raval for a FYC event in L.A., as they dove into the newly released season. The show follows the unlikely relationship between agnostic podcaster Joanne (Bell) and rabbi Noah (Brody), as Foster revealed her specific intentions with Brodys character this time around. Noah was such a green flag all of season one, but I do think that something we talked about in season two is not to take it too seriously, but you do have a bit of a responsibility when youre making a romantic comedy in how you represent what relationships should be like. And there was something that sort of didnt sit right with me that Noah came across like this perfect guy, because that isnt realistic, Foster explained, then quickly making an exception for her own husband and Brody himself.
She continued, It was something that we talked about that was definitely important to me, to show Noah as an imperfect boyfriend, or just because hes perfect for Joanne doesnt mean he was perfect for the women who came before her. Sometimes the person you fall for thats great with you wasnt great for someone else; thats how relationships work and I did want to show him in that light.
The conversation also touched on bringing in Lupes former Succession co-star Arian Moayed as her love interest which the actress credited Konner with coming up with as I kind of thought Succession was off the table, like I thought we cant have a crossover and about highlighting Los Angeles in the show. Foster explained shooting in L.A. actually came about as part of Bell agreeing to star, as she told the team her kids are in school and she wasnt going to work in another city. Were like, Oh no, we have to work from home,' Foster joked, with Konner adding, By the way, I hope that you inspire other actors to do that, in using their leverage to keep production local.

Manish Raval, Jenni Konner, Bruce Kaplan, Erin Foster, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons, Jackie Tohn, Adam Brody and Kristen Bell Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix The group went on to gush about Brodys wife Leighton Meester guest starring this season, and Brody revealed some of his hopes for season three while speaking about his close relationship with Simons, who plays his brother Sasha.
Ive been a fan for a long time, but weve had the best time together, Brody said. When I saw the second season, I called Erin and I said, I really liked it and I have just a few thoughts for maybe season three I want to whisper in your ear. I dont know if theyre gonna be manifested or not, but I was like, No. 1, could I have more scenes with Tim?'
Foster teased, And we said no, before revealing that Bell and Brody didnt do a chemistry read with each other, but did with the actors auditioning to play their siblings. When it came down to who was going to play Sasha, there were a couple other people, Im sorry Tim, that we also liked. And we were like, This is hard to choose, theres great people,' Foster said. I remember I said to Adam, Who do you feel the most like you would be best friends with? I said, The most important thing to me is who do you feel the most relaxing conversation, like back and forth with? And he was like, Hands down, Tim.' Simons didnt know Brody has endorsed him in that way, leading Tohn to exclaim, Thats cute as shit!
Nobody Wants This season two is now streaming on Netflix.










