Adam Brody and Kristen Bell talk 'Nobody Wants This,' why it wasn't 'weird' to kiss and where Seth Cohen might be now

Did you ever wonder where Seth Cohen, the fictional character from The O.C., ended up? The actor who portrayed him with such heart, Adam Brody, has some thoughts.

Brody stars opposite Kristen Bell in Netflix's funny new series Nobody Wants This, which premieres Sept. 26. It follows Joanne (Bell), an agnostic L.A. podcast host, and Noah (Brody), an unconventional rabbi, who passionately fall for each other. Noah has some similarities to Cohen, and not because they are both Jewish. It's Noah's quick wit and flirty onscreen banter that might give viewers some nostalgic Seth Cohen pangs.

When Yahoo Entertainment caught up with Brody, he said we're not entirely off base with that comparison, but he was clear: "I do not think Seth Cohen would've been a rabbi."

"I don't think he had rabbi energy, or at least he was headed down that track," Brody quipped. "I think this person, Noah, has known what he has wanted to do since he was 9 and has been wholly committed to this. I think Seth had a lot of other interests that didn't involve the Torah or basketball."

Nobody Wants This is loosely based on creator Erin Foster's life as she converted to Judaism for husband Simon Tikhman. (Tikhman is a music executive, not a rabbi). Part of what makes the show work so well is the chemistry between Bell and Brody, which Foster has praised as "hot." It's funny, given the fact that Brody, Bell and their respective spouses, Leighton Meester and Dax Shepard, are all friends. So did that make their (multiple) kissing scenes weird to shoot at all?

"I wouldn't say it was weird," Bell tells Yahoo about kissing her friend.

"I wouldn't say it was weird, either," Brody agrees.

"There was a comfort to it for sure because a) we'd worked together before as love interests. We have enough mutual friends and know each other's spouses," Bell says. "There's ... a comfort level, right? Because I can say anything to Adam. I know he can say something to me. There's no weird energy between us. I mean, we were both, I think, a little startled reading [the] script where we had to kiss, where it said it was going to be the world's greatest kiss [in Episode 2]."

However, the Frozen star credits her and Brody's friendship for being able "to create something from a safe place."

"Also, after you kind of do the first one or do it a few times, then you're in the zone," Brody added. "We didn't make sex scenes, that's another kettle of fish."

Nobody Wants This begins streaming Thursday, Sept. 26, on Netflix.