'Nobody Wants This' Stars Kristen Bell & Adam Brody Explain How They Created the Perfect First Kiss
Nobody Wants This is one of the biggest hit shows of the year thanks to the chemistry between co-stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. Now they’re explaining how they crafted the perfect first kiss for their characters!
The co-stars opened up while attending a SAG event for the show on Wednesday (December 4) at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York City.
Kristen and Adam were joined by co-stars Timothy Simons, Justine Lupe, and Jackie Tohn.
“We got the script and it said: ‘The world’s best kiss that anyone’s ever experienced in the history of history,’” Kristen said about Joanne and Noah’s kiss at the end of episode two.
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“I think that I said, ‘OK, how are we gonna pull this off?’ My gut is telling me it’s everything before the kiss. The kiss is irrelevant. We need to elongate every single moment leading up to the kiss, because they can always cut it out. But it has to be so long that we feel like we’re in trouble, way too long looking into each other’s eyes, way too long looking at each other’s lips. And then [Adam] did the face-hand thing, which I was like, ‘Can we make that a consistent thing?’” Kristen said (via IndieWire).
Adam replied, “I think that was in the script.” Kristen then said, “Why can’t you just take credit for it?”
“As a baseline, you don’t stick your tongue in the other actor’s mouth unless you’re doing something very erotic or something,” Adam added. “But I said, ‘Look, I also don’t want to do a real movie kiss where your lips are closed for a long time. I want it to really look like I’m slipping her the tongue,’ so I would open my mouth big.”
Adam recently shared a timeline for season two episodes.