Adam Brody‘s The OC ex Rachel Bilson has weighed in on his sudden emergence as a sex symbol thanks to his leading role in Netflix smash, Nobody Wants This.

The actor, 44, who plays a sexy rabbi in the show alongside Kristen Bell has been lauded by fans who have opened up about their positive interactions with the star, with Bilson, 43, echoing their sentiments.

 ‘I feel like it’s always been there’ Bilson told People regarding the actor’s leading man status, ‘But if it is, it’s well deserved.’

Bilson and Brody dated for three years while playing a TV couple on the hit drama The O.C – Brody is now married to Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester and the pair share two children.

Bilson added: ‘I mean, he is awesome. He’s the best.’

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Adam Brody ‘s The OC ex Rachel Bilson has weighed in on his sudden emergence as a sex symbol thanks to his leading role in Netflix smash, Nobody Wants This – pictured 2005

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Brody plays a single rabbi named Noah, who falls for Kristen Bell’s non-religious podcast host Joanne in Nobody Wants This. The Netflix romantic comedy has already been renewed for a second season

Although she hasn’t seen the 10-episode first season, Bilson is hoping to join the millions of viewers who have fallen in love with the series about a rabbi, Noah, who falls for a non-religious podcast host, Joanne, played by Bell, 44.

‘I hear everyone loves it and I couldn’t be more excited, ’cause literally Kristen and Adam both I love, and are like my people,’ she said.

 ‘So I’m really excited about it and excited for them.’

Bilson is mom to daughter Briar Rose, nine, who she shares with ex Hayden Christensen.

Netflix has already announced a season two of Nobody Wants This will be coming.

‘Put down your ice cream,’ the streamer announced October 10, referencing a line from the show just before the two leads share their first kiss, ‘NOBODY WANTS THIS is returning for season 2!!’

‘We’ve been in the writers room for about three weeks now,’ show creator Erin Foster told The Hollywood Reporter.

‘Kristen [Bell] came into the room with Justine [Lupe] to hear some storylines that we were working on. And she says she hasn’t gotten a reaction to anything like this, literally, since (2013’s) Frozen.

Foster, who is the daughter of music great David Foster and his ex-wife Rebecca Dyer, said she based the show on her own life.

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Bilson and Brody were on-screen and off-screen lovers for three years while starring in the popular teen drama The O.C.  (Pictured with Mischa Barton, Melinda Clarke, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Benjamin McKenzie and Samaire Armstrong  in Hermosa Beach, CA in September 2003)

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Adam is married to Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester and the pair share two kids – pictured February 2024

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Bilson is mom to daughter Briar Rose, nine, who she shares with ex Hayden Christensen – pictured 2013

The Barely Famous actress coverted to Judaism before marrying her husband, entertainment executive Simon Tikhman.  They are now the parents of a five-month-old daughter.

She said Bell’s character Joanne, ‘does not have to have the same journey that I had.’

However, the audience doesn’t need to worry much about the twists and turns of Joanne and Noah’s relationship.

 ‘I don’t think this is the kind of show to rob the audience of what they want to see, she hinted. ‘I think this is a show where you want to get what you want.’