Leighton Meester says she is aware of precisely why husband Adam Brody was in a position to pull off his “hot rabbi” character so efficiently within the romantic comedy sequence “Nobody Wants This,” and argues that it isn’t solely as a result of he’s enticing — although it definitely helped.
“I think everyone’s on board because it’s him,” Meester advised E! Information on Thursday.
“He is able to embody that because he’s hot, OK?” she defined. ”I stated it. And in addition as a result of he’s really an exquisite one who was in a position to convey a lot humor and humanity to that position and actually make that character and convey a little bit of himself to it.”
“Nobody Wants This,” which landed on Netflix final 12 months, follows an unconventional relationship between an agnostic podcaster (Kristen Bell) and a rabbi (Brody). It captivated millennial viewers who may relate to the lives of individuals from their technology on-screen.
Meester, naturally, thinks “the world” of her husband and fawned Thursday over his 2025 Critics Selection Awards win for finest actor in a comedy sequence earlier this month: “It’s so wonderful. It was a wonderful moment.”
Brody, who has two youngsters with Meester, was additionally nominated for a Golden Globe.
An actor herself, the “Gossip Girl” alum has managed to wrangle Brody right into a cameo in her new comedy sequence, “Good Cop/Bad Cop.” Meester advised E! Information that it by no means feels irregular to “move our personal life onto set” — which she says feels “very natural.”
“We’ve done it many times, and I hope we get the opportunity again,” she stated Thursday.
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The couple beforehand starred reverse one another in a number of movies and tv sequence, together with 2011’s “The Oranges,” 2014’s “Life Partners,” 2023’s motion thriller “River Wild” and the ABC household drama “Single Parents” (2018-2020).
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They’ll presumably subsequent be seen on the upcoming Display screen Actors Guild awards, the place Brody is nominated for finest actor in a comedy sequence. Whether or not he takes house a trophy shall be seen Sunday, and can be his first-ever win on the ceremony.
“I’m just so so proud of him and think he deserves everything,” Meester stated Thursday.
