'Nobody Wants This' Star Adam Brody on Being a Sex Symbol: “It Makes Me a Little Self-Conscious”

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Conde Nast & Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Adam Brody chats with Rebecca about playing a rabbi in the hit Netflix series, the challenges of transcending 'The O.C.', and heartthrob problems: “You’re all of a sudden like, Oh, everything I do, I gotta be hot.”

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0:00.0	For your consideration, sponsors include Max, presenting The Last of Us.
0:05.8	In 2003, a parasitic fungal infection ravaged the planet, turning people into violent creatures
0:11.8	known as the infected. 20 years later, Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, is hired to smuggle
0:17.7	14-year-old Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey, to the Rebel Fireflies.
0:22.4	Season two picks up five years later, as Joel and Ellie's past resurfaces,
0:27.3	drawing them into conflict with each other, and a world even more dangerous than the one they left behind.
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0:37.1	Emmy eligible for Outstanding Drama Series and all other categories.
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0:44.6	Hey everyone, Rebecca here. Your book club votes are in and I wanted to share the results with you before today's episode.
0:52.2	The winners are Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
0:55.0	and The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck.
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1:00.2	about these stories or their soon-to-be-released film adaptations
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1:06.7	We'll discuss the History of Sound first
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1:12.8	Happy reading.
1:18.2	Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Affairs podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers.
1:24.0	I'm Rebecca Ford.
1:29.0	My guest today is Adam Brody, who stars in one of my favorite shows from the past year,
1:34.7	The Netflix Romcom Nobody Wants This. He plays a rabbi named Noah, who unexpectedly falls for a podcaster
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