Adam Brody Reflects on His O.C. Experience and Praises Wife Leighton Meester (Ex

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00:00 "I don't know, what would I tell that younger Adam? He was fine. He handled himself well enough.

00:05 I'm here now."

00:06 Adam Brody reflects on his Seth Cohen days on The O.C., following the hit series' 20th

00:13 anniversary.

00:14 "We have a perfect alibi as I go to this comic book convention every year. And we also have

00:18 my entire life of never doing anything wrong, which completely lulls my parents into a false

00:22 sense of trust."

00:23 The teen romance made headlines last week after "Welcome to the O.C." the oral history dropped.

00:30 A new book where the cast and crew go down memory lane,

00:33 remembering the good and the challenging.

00:36 Adam says he was polite to everyone on set, but admits he let his disinterest show when

00:58 he was unhappy with the direction of the series.

01:01 "I don't know what to say, except that you totally had my back out there."

01:09 Now, Adam tells E.T. everything worked out just fine.

01:14 "I don't know, what would I tell that younger Adam? He was fine. He handled himself well enough."

01:20 "I kissed you."

01:20 "I always knew you were a late bloomer, sweetie."

01:25 And speaking of major milestones, Adam and his wife,

01:28 Leighton Meester, are celebrating their 10th anniversary in February.

01:33 E.T. caught up with the actor at the premiere of his latest film,

01:36 American Fiction, where he gushed over what makes Leighton his person.

01:41 "She's my hero. She's just, uh, she's incredibly,

01:44 she's very brave, she's very strong, she's very self-determined."

01:47 A happy marriage and a thriving career.

01:51 In the dramedy, Adam plays Wiley.

01:54 "Can I ask what you were in for? Was it murder?"

01:57 "You said that, not me."

01:59 American Fiction tells the story of a frustrated novelist who writes an outlandish book out of

02:05 spite, which, ironically, winds up receiving massive acclaim.

02:10 "It's a very, very funny, very clever script with a lot of surprising

02:14 heart and, and, um, pathos and sadness."

02:18 "Your books change people's lives."

02:20 "They're offering four million dollars for movie rights."

02:23 "Yes!"

02:23 "The dumber I behave, the richer I get."

02:25 "I just really went for it and then I've been, uh, as long as I've been acting,

02:32 I've been a huge Jeffrey Wright fan. Well, really Broken Flowers, which was about,

02:36 around when I started, this is when I really first noticed him. And, um,

02:40 so an opportunity to work with him was, was very exciting.

02:43 I have a very small, but may I say impactful part."

02:45 [Music]