Netflix is taking the multiverse trend to wild new heights, reuniting Gossip Girl icons Penn Badgley and Kristen Bell, but with a dark twist. This time, they’re tangled in a mind-bending story that flips their Gossip Girl dynamic on its head.
With Badgley’s knack for playing eerie characters and Bell’s razor-sharp narration, this reunion is anything but nostalgic. So, what twisted fate awaits them in Netflix’s latest multiversal experiment?
Penn Badgley flips the script: Narrates Kristen Bell’s Nobody Wants This in You style
Hello, Upper East Siders — turns out, karma does exist. Kristen Bell, the iconic voice of Gossip Girl, once narrated Penn Badgley’s secret life as Dan Humphrey. Now, Badgley is returning the favor, with a twist.
In Nobody Wants This, Bell’s Netflix rom-com, Badgley lends his voice to a scene, but not as Dan. Instead, he channels his You alter ego, Joe Goldberg, bringing his signature dark, brooding inner monologue to Bell’s love story.
Badgley teased, before diving into lines dripping with his character’s obsessive charm:
Hello, Upper East Siders. You know you love me. In the finale of Gossip Girl, it was revealed that the very lovely Kristen Bell was lending her voice to my character, to Dan Humphrey, who is the real Gossip Girl. Sorry, spoiler alert. I thought I would repay the favor. I’m going to put a little narrative spin on Kristen’s show.
The crossover is as delicious as a scandalous Upper East Side exposé, but Bell had no idea where her original show was even filmed. Promoting Nobody Wants This, she confessed (per Bustle),
The funny thing is, as Gossip Girl, I was only on a microphone in Los Angeles; I was never shooting with them,” she recalled…didn’t even know where they shot. Where’d they shoot that show?
Her co-star, Adam Brody, aka The O.C.’s Seth Cohen and real-life husband of Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, joked, “Montreal,” before admitting, “Well, New York.” Bell’s realization? “Oh, New York. You were joking?”
Bell’s show, Nobody Wants This, sees her playing a s*x blogger who falls for a progressive rabbi (Brody).
It’s been praised as a mix of romcom escapism and acerbic realism, proving that sometimes, unlikely pairings just work, whether it’s a gossip queen and a serial killer, or a blogger and a rabbi.
Kristen Bell drops first look at Nobody Wants This season 2
Kristen Bell just gave fans exactly what they wanted — a first look at Nobody Wants This Season 2. The actress shared behind-the-scenes clips on Instagram, celebrating the start of filming with co-stars Adam Brody, Jackie Tohn, and D’Arcy Carden.
Set to the Black Eyed Peas’ Let’s Get It Started, the video captured everything from glam sessions to on-set laughs. “First few weeks of shooting season 2 of @nobodywantsthisofficial,” Bell captioned. Fans were all in.
Netflix confirmed filming is in full swing, with the new season expected to drop later this year. The hit rom-com debuted in September 2024, following Bell’s outspoken agnostic character as she falls for Brody’s unconventional rabbi. Now, the countdown is on, because clearly, everybody wants this.
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