Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are extraordinarily charming on their own, but the real magic happens when they're together. While the stars of 'Nobody Wants This' are busy reviving rom-coms, they took a moment to get candid on this episode of #AskMeAnything. From Adam wishing he could’ve played Jack Torrance in 'The Shining' (watch out, Leighton Meester) to Kristen reflecting on the astrological sign that bugs her, the two hilariously bounce off each other. As they share their worst first dates—Adam’s definitely takes the cake—Kristen also confesses that she’s never seen any of Adam’s work, but she has heard he’s “so good.”
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00:00Is Dave Rogalski your boyfriend?
00:04I have not seen any of your work, but I'm dying to. I hear you're so good.
00:09Hi, I'm Kristen Bell.
00:10Hi, I'm Adam Brody.
00:11And today we are letting Elle ask us anything.
00:18Oh, my glasses.
00:20What is the worst first date you've ever been on?
00:23When I was in college, I went on a date.
00:24And I decided it would be a really good idea to open up my first credit card at, like, some random shopping store down the street from my dorm room.
00:33And I bought a new blue dress and new blue shoes.
00:35And we walked to a play in the East Village, and the entire time, my shoes were giving me, like, blisters all over my feet.
00:45And the whole time I just kept a smile on my face because I didn't want to tell him.
00:48And then I went home and I just cried and iced my feet.
00:51That's not good.
00:52No, it's not good.
00:53But the things you'll do to try to be cute when you're in college, you know?
00:56I was on a date. I thought it was a date.
00:58I was invited to meet her and her friends.
01:01And then she was holding hands with someone.
01:05And I thought, well, that's her friend.
01:07And then I was like, let me get us some drinks.
01:09And then I got her and I a drink.
01:10And then I realized, like, and then the other couple left.
01:12And I was like, wait, they're a couple.
01:14Yeah, so I sulked home.
01:17What's something nobody wants but you can't get enough of?
01:21Black licorice.
01:23Black licorice.
01:24Candy coated. Nobody wants it. I know.
01:26No, that's so true. And you know what I was going to say?
01:28Maybe it's your taste buds because I was going to say bear claws.
01:31Oh, people love a bear claw.
01:33I love a bear claw, but people, the people want a bear claw.
01:36What is the most intense thing you've done for a role?
01:39I guess the most intense thing I've done for a role was when I did The Crucible on Broadway.
01:47Slipped into a mild depression because that is a really hard show to do for eight months every night.
01:52It's a brutal show.
01:53Respect.
01:54Thanks.
01:55Respect. I got a mullet one time for a role.
01:57That's pretty intense.
01:58That was hardcore.
02:01What was Seth Cohen's most toxic trait?
02:04Probably his tight t-shirts.
02:06Okay.
02:07Yeah, or maybe his selfishness.
02:10All right.
02:11You know?
02:12Again, haven't seen it, but really looking forward to checking it out.
02:15Yeah, trust me.
02:16How would you describe your high school self?
02:20I was a happy person, but inside I was just so nervous about everything.
02:24And I popped around to a lot of different friend groups.
02:27I had no one anchor.
02:29I was friends with the Valedictorians, and I was friends with the hockey guys, and I was friends with the cool girls.
02:35So popular or no?
02:37Sure.
02:39Yep, popular.
02:40Nice.
02:42What were you like in high school?
02:44I was with a few people, and we just surfed.
02:48Okay.
02:49And so I was almost—it's not quite a dropout, but I was a bit of a dropout.
02:55Okay.
02:56What is one 2000s trend that should never come back?
03:01Thumb rings.
03:02I did it.
03:03Whoa!
03:04I did it.
03:05I did it on the show for a whole season.
03:07You did?
03:08Yeah.
03:09Which thumb?
03:10That's a good question, but I don't remember.
03:12Probably left.
03:13Okay.
03:14You know, you tend to—right-handed, you tend to accessorize your left.
03:18Sure.
03:19You're non-dominant.
03:20God, that, like, scared me.
03:22I didn't expect to wear a thumb ring.
03:24Thumb ring?
03:25Because you didn't think it was going to be that horrible.
03:26Yeah.
03:27Yeah.
03:28Because I agree.
03:29That's my same answer as well.
03:30I was cool.
03:32What's your favorite Gossip Girl quote?
03:34Oh, wow.
03:36I don't know that I can remember many off the top of my head, because there was so much dialogue for me on that show.
03:41But I just love saying, hey, upper east siders, was a pretty—and figuring out how to make that sound as sassy and snarky as possible.
03:49And you said that fresh every time?
03:51Yeah.
03:52Wow.
03:53Yeah, yeah.
03:54They never reused it.
03:55Did you come in once a week, or did you bang them all out?
03:56I would come in about every three weeks, and I'd bang, like, three or four of them out.
03:59Nice.
04:00Yeah.
04:01Does Dave Rogalski deserve the best boyfriend title?
04:05Is Dave Rogalski your boyfriend?
04:07Okay.
04:08Okay.
04:09Yeah, I like that.
04:10I like that.
04:11It was Gilmore Girls character.
04:12You're not—
04:13Again, have not seen any of your work, but I'm dying to.
04:16I hear you're so good.
04:17Got all the time in the world.
04:18Does he deserve perfect boyfriend title?
04:20Yeah, best boyfriend title.
04:21No, he wasn't around that long.
04:22We don't know how he would have been in the long term.
04:24He could have been love-bombing her.
04:25Mmm.
04:28Who would you cast as Hannah in a Frozen live action?
04:32First of all, it's Anna.
04:33Okay, that's why I paused.
04:35Because I wasn't sure, and I was going to guess, but I guessed wrong.
04:39In the live action?
04:41Think of all the 19-year-old actresses you know now.
04:44All of them.
04:45Joey King.
04:47Correct.
04:48What is one role you wish you had auditioned for?
04:51I don't know about audition for.
04:53I don't even think I'd be particularly good at it,
04:56but I think I might enjoy being Jack Torrance in The Shining.
05:00Mmm.
05:01Sorry.
05:02Wow.
05:03Yeah.
05:04It's not very Noah-ish.
05:06But it's interesting.
05:08I'd like to kill my wife.
05:09Okay, okay, okay.
05:11What was Dax's reaction to you meeting Jason Momoa?
05:15Here's one thing that you probably already know.
05:17Dax is the ultimate wingman.
05:20Yeah.
05:21Even to me.
05:22He believes everyone in life should have flirtatious experiences
05:25and live it to its fullest, and it's such an admirable quality.
05:28And I think he was dying to hear how the experience went.
05:32He was like, I'm so excited for you.
05:34Like, go get him.
05:36When did you meet him?
05:38I was on James Corden with Jason Momoa.
05:41Sure, sure.
05:42Very excited about it, to sit next to him.
05:44He's a real beast of a person.
05:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:46So I guess you had a crush on him.
05:48Sure, yeah.
05:49Okay.
05:50Yeah.
05:51What was your bar mitzvah theme?
05:52I didn't have one.
05:53You didn't have a theme?
05:55No.
05:56Oh.
05:57It was a pretty boilerplate.
05:58Or it was pretty, excuse me, not boilerplate.
06:00Meat and potatoes.
06:01I don't even think that analogy is right.
06:03Bare bones?
06:04Bare bones.
06:05Yeah.
06:06So the theme was bare bones.
06:07The theme was, yeah.
06:09Torah.
06:10Judaism.
06:11The theme is Judaism.
06:12That's okay.
06:13It works.
06:14What is your least favorite astrological sign and why?
06:18Least favorite.
06:19Top five least favorites in descending order.
06:22Like, I know this.
06:24I do know when I read mine, I fall into the category of people who are like,
06:27oh, that's so me.
06:29But that's because mine is like overly emotional and very nurturing and the
06:33mother sign.
06:34And I'm like, yeah, that checks out.
06:36But I think my least favorite one is when I see people who are a Leo and
06:41they're like, I'm so that.
06:43I don't know why, but it bugs me.
06:45Something about Leos.
06:46Yeah.
06:47Interesting.
06:48What's your sign?
06:49Sagittarius.
06:50When's that?
06:51December.
06:52March.
06:53December.
06:54December.
06:55That's all I got.
06:56It's the bull.
06:57When's the last time your kids left you speechless?
06:59If I see them doing something crazy,
07:01like I wanted to interrupt what was happening the other day when I saw her
07:06literally brushing her leg hairs with my electric toothbrush.
07:10But that's not going to leave me speechless.
07:12I'm going to say, hello, excuse me,
07:14would you mind brushing your leg hairs with something other than my electric
07:17toothbrush?
07:18Do you know what I mean?
07:19I will say sometimes when they're like in a sisterly fight and they say
07:23something really profound to one another,
07:25one of them will stop and say, wait,
07:27I'm not taking full accountability for what I did.
07:29I can see where you're coming from.
07:31Somebody's parents have a podcast.
07:33My heart palpitates and I'm like, oh, that was so sweet.
07:37That probably leaves me speechless.
07:38Oh, my goodness.
07:39Yeah, it's nice when you see them evolve.
07:41Thanks so much for watching.
07:43And be sure to check out Nobody Wants This on Netflix.
07:55♪♪