Nobody Wants This is one of the most talked-about shows of 2024, with the popular 10-part Netflix series renewed for a second season.
The series stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as agnostic sex podcaster Joanne and rabbi Noah, following the unlikely couple as they navigate their new relationship, and the merging of their two worlds.
The series was created by Erin Foster (our real life Joanne), with Nobody Wants This based on her own relationship with Simon Tikhman, and conversion to Judaism.
“The emotional themes of the show are really, really accurate to my real experience – it’s just that the situations aren’t the same,” Foster explained in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter.
And while she has ensured that the storylines are different enough from her own, there are some very real-life moments that did make it into the show.
One such moment took place in episode six, where Joanne pulls away from Noah after he gives her “the ick” – cringing in particular at the oversized bouquet of sunflowers that he gives to her mother.
This, Foster confirmed, happened in real life, with her now-husband Simon bringing a big bouquet of sunflowers to the restaurant where he was meeting her mum for the first time.
“The flowers were so long, and they kept falling over,” Foster explained during an interview with Vulture. “Sitting there, I was like, Well, if someone cares this much, then that feels like a weakness.”
The anecdote proved divisive, with Foster recalling that the men in the writing room were completely baffled by her reaction. However, when the women in the room understood immediately, she knew “it was a good story to tell”.
(Image credit: Getty Images)
Foster and Tikhman, like Joanne and Noah, of course got past it, with the show creator crediting her husband for his maturity.
“The moment in ‘The Ick’ when Noah pulls Joanne aside and says, ‘You gotta stop this. We like each other. Get your shit together,’ that was a real moment that happened with me and Simon,” Foster explained to the Hollywood Reporter. “And it wasn’t from the flowers, necessarily,” she continued, explaining that it was a fear of him being too emotionally available and being unable to handle her.
She later continued: “And when I pulled away, because I was spooked by that, instead of him grabbing on tighter and panicking – like we do as human beings when we feel someone pulling away, we spiral and become even less appealing – instead of doing that, he really stood in himself. He stood strong and was very unwavering. He was like, ‘I see what you’re doing. I need you to take a beat. I’m not going anywhere. And when you’re ready to stop this spinning out that you’re doing, I’ll be right here; you know where to find me.” It just woke me up. I was 35 years old and hadn’t had anyone have that conversation with me.”
Well, this is lovely.
News
10 Most Expensive TV Shows of All Time
Television shows that are made for small screens usually don’t receive the same level of budget in comparison to a blockbuster movie. There are exceptions, of course. Sometimes, with casting, reshoots, and the need for special effects, a project can…
‘It’s Unnerving’: The Rings of Power Star Charlie Vickers Opens Up on Playing Sauron
Actor Charlie Vickers said he had no idea he would end up playing the Dark Lord Sauron in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In an interview with FilmFare, Vickers said the experience on the show was “humbling.” Vickers started in Season 1 of The…
‘We’ve Done the Best That We Can’: The Rings of Power Stars Respond to Fan Criticism
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the most expensive television show ever produced, has proven divisive among fans of the J.R.R. Tolkien books and appendices upon which it is based. Marking the end of Season 2 of the series, several cast…
‘Heartbreaking for Me’: The Rings of Power Stars Break Down Season 2 Finale Death in BTS Video
Actor Charles Edwards is opening up about the Season 2 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in a new behind-the-scenes video. Per GamesRadar+, the clip posted by the official Rings of Power X account, shows Edwards, who played the Elven…
10 Most Well-Known Orcs in the Lord of the Rings Franchise, Ranked
The Lord of the Rings is the most popular fantasy franchise of all time for its loving endeavor into the lives and cultures of many fantastical creatures, including Hobbits, Elves, and Dwarves. However, one of the races of Middle-earth that is…
October 31 Will Be a Sad Day for Lord of the Rings Fans
Prime Video subscribers wanting to stream Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies better do so before the end of October as both trilogies will be leaving the streamer at the end of the month, per Tom’s Guide. October 31 will be the…
End of content
No more pages to load