Adam Brody had his own “welcome to L.A.” moment. The actor recently reflected on first arriving in the city to start his screen career. Among the first roles he went out for? “Blue’s Clues.”
Brody told THR in the below video that he “tried really hard” to land the hosting gig for the kid’s TV series. “I really wanted ‘Blue’s Clues’ early on when I first moved to L.A. I tried really hard. It’s like 1999. I didn’t get it. But I would’ve loved it,” Brody said.
Steve Burns famously was cast instead, with Donovan “Joe” Patton and Josh Dela Cruz later hosting additional iterations of the iconic series. “Blue’s Clues” premiered in 1996.
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Brody also recalled auditioning for “Dawson’s Creek.” “There’s an early ‘Dawson’s Creek’ role. It really made me nervous to read with Scott Speedman. I was sweating,” he said. “I believe [the role] went to Michael Pitt. They wanted pouting lips.” Pitt appeared in Season 3 of the series, which aired in 2002.
Brody, of course, went on to have his breakout role in “The O.C.” as Seth Cohen. The teen-centric ensemble drama premiered August 5, 2003. Brody thematically continued the Seth-ness he has become synonymous with for Netflix rom-com series “Nobody Wants This.”
“We are in a tense moment of massive upheaval, and there doesn’t seem to be many romantic comedies, period,” Brody told Variety about why the series became an overnight hit. “I’m pinching myself a little bit.”
“Nobody Wants This” was renewed for a second season, which will premiere October 23, 2025. Series creator Erin Foster told IndieWire that Season 2 will be “romantic and funny,” much like the first viral season of the show. “I’m not in the business of depriving people of what they want on a show like this, and making some like, artistic choice to rob you of what you want to see. I really tried to stay on point with Season 1, [it] was all these firsts, first kiss, first date, and this is going to be the next four to six months of the relationship what that looks like,” she said.
