On Thursday, Netflix announced that Gossip Girl fame Leighton Meester is all set to guest star in the upcoming second season of Nobody Wants This, starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell. It is to be noted that Adam Brody and Leighton Meester are husband and wife.
Netflix also revealed that Meester will be seen as Kristen Bell’s middle school nemesis, with whom Joanne (Bell's character) crosses paths as an adult. Following the success of the rom-com series, Netflix recently renewed the series for a second season.
However, the new season will have different showrunners. Girls alums Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan have come on board as executive producers and showrunners for season 2, leading a writer's room that has been open for a couple of weeks. They are joined by Nora Silver, President at Jenni Konner Productions, who will executive produce alongside the duo as well as returning executive producers Erin Foster, Sara Foster, Bell, Steven Levitan, Oly Obst, Danielle Stokdyk, and Jeff Morton.
Created by Erin Foster, Nobody Wants This follows the unexpected relationship between an irascible, loud, agnostic woman and a rogue rabbi. Justine Lupe and Timothy Simons also star, along with Stephanie Faracy, Michael Hitchcock, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Emily Arlook, Jackie Tohn, Sherry Cola, and Shiloh Berman.
Konner served as the showrunner for Hulu's Welcome to Chippendales and has also earned executive producer credits on Single Drunk Female, Generation, and the upcoming Deli Boys and The Bobby Love Story. Kaplan, meanwhile, has executive produced HBO’s Six Feet Under, Apple TV+’s Mr. Corman, and Lena Dunham’s upcoming Netflix series Too Much.
Apart from being known for her role as Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl, Meester also has films such as Killer Movie, Country Song, The Roommate, Monte Carlo, The Weekend Away, and EXmas, among others. While she played a recurring role in How I Met Your Father between 2022 and 2023, she has the historical drama series, The Buccaneers, coming up. She is also shooting for a crime series titled Good Cop/Bad Cop, in which she plays a main role.