“It set a high bar.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the first two episodes ofNobody Wants This.
Noah responds, “Yeah, I’m very aware we haven’t kissed.”
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody on ‘Nobody Wants This’.netflix
But we’re just friends!"
Let’s just do it now and get it out of the way.'
Foster sought to capture the down-to-Earth, honest romanticism of theGood Will Huntingscene in a new way.
Adam Brody on ‘Nobody Wants This’.Stefania Rosini/Netflix
“And there’s not a ton of ways left to have first kisses in a show.
People have done it a lot of different ways.
So it’s hard to not land on something that feels familiar.”
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody on ‘Nobody Wants This’.Hopper Stone/Netflix
The showrunner had lofty expectations for howNobody Wants This' first kiss would play out.
“It set a high bar.
So we were concerned with, ‘How will this read?'”
However, Brody says that he and Bell didn’t overthink the assignment.
“It all felt pretty natural,” he explains.
“There wasn’t a lot of premeditation about it.”
“Like, ‘All right, you want a first kiss?
I’m about to give you the best f—ing kiss of your life.’
And he has to tell you to put your bag down and boss you around a little bit.”
“And it just murdered.
The team experimented with other song selections, but nothing felt quite right.
“I think kisses are very important,” Foster says.
And I don’t think withholding it gives the audience the satisfaction that they’re looking for.
“It’s a beautiful thing to look at.
It’s a beautiful silhouette, and it ultimately suggests the creation of life.
I’m also pro-intimacy coordinator.
I think that’s been a good positive addition as well.
But the kiss is a staple for a reason.”
Nobody Wants Thisis now streaming on Netflix.
