Though he's known to have played Jewish characters before, continuing to embrace a religion he no longer fully observes created a challenge for Brody.

The actor sees a few similarities between Seth Cohen and his part on the new Netflix comedy ‘Nobody Wants This’: “They both have my bone structure, they both are Southern Californian, and theoretically they’re the same age.

Erin Foster’s new rom-com series “Nobody Wants This” — now streaming on Netflix — pairs Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as a meet-cute couple with one major hurdle: He’s a hip (yet devout) rabbi, and she’s a blonde-haired shiksa.