Erin Foster, creator of 'Nobody Wants This', talks about the role of Leighton Meester

The ROM-like series Nobody Wants Thiscontinues its preparations for the premiere of the highly anticipated second season, scheduled for next October in Netflix.

The Streamer Hit series, created by Erin Fosterknown in our country as Nobody wants thisis starring Kristen Bell (The Good Place) y Adam Brody (The O.C.). The plot focuses on the unexpected relationship between a rabbi, Noah (Brody) and an agnostic woman, Joanne (Bell).

Probably one of the things that most excites the audience for the second season, is the signing of Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl, Single Parents), because she will take her to collaborate on a small screen with her husband, Brody.

It was previously explained that Meester will be playing Abby, described as “The nemesis of the High School of Joanne (Bell) who is now an influencer mom on Instagram.”

In a recent interview with Deadline, Foster explained how the idea of ​​having Meester was reached for the second season. Foster, who is moving away from his role as a showrunner in the 2T, gives all the credit to Jenni Konner (Girls), who joined the project as the new coshowrunner of the new season, along with Bruce Eric Kaplan.

“Well, the story came first, and then we were thinking who to choose for that role. And I think he had just seen Leighton maybe in the People's Choice Awards. It is so pretty. It is so adorable, fun, peculiar and great, and they have a very sweet relationship. And after that, I was very present, and I think it obviously has a lot of talent. And then we have this episode, and was the role of a girl named Abby.

“I want to give credit to Jenni; I think Jenni in a talk when we talked about actresses, and she said, “Leighton for Abby?” And we all said: “A moment, it's a very good idea.” Then we asked Adam what seemed to him, and he said: 'I love it. If it's funny, let's see if he likes it. '”

“So I quickly entered the scenes and tried to strengthen the character as much as possible and give it the greatest possible grace. Y Now there is an extra scene. Originally they had no scenes alone. So I got to work and I thought: 'Well, I'm going to give you a scene alone and I will add a couple of moments that people can capture and enjoy '. But I think It was Jenni's idea to choose it. He has a very good head for the cast and worked perfectly. That is, Leighton is hilarious. “

This is not the first project in which the couple will collaborate. Meester and Brody have appeared together in movies The Oranges, Life Partners, River Wild, And in the series starring Meester, Single Parents.

Nobody Wants This She was renewed to a second season at Octube of 2024, a few weeks later to the premiere of her first season in Netflix, where she debuted in the second place of the top ten in her first weekend, and went up to number one in her first full week, with 26.2 million views in her first 11 days of availability at the streamer. He was in the top ten for six weeks.

Erin Foster, Sara Foster, Bell, Steven Levitan and Oly Obst continue as executive producers of the second season.

Foster's priority, who was inspired by his personal experience for the series, is still writing for the series, which reflects his story and his voice.