- Nobody Wants This season two will return to Netflix later this year
- And now the streaming service has announced two new cast members – Arian Moayed and Alex Karpovsky
- The pair will join the original cast, as well as fellow newcomers Leighton Meester and Miles Fowler
When Nobody Wants This hit Netflix last September, it soon became very clear that everybody wanted this – so much so that season two was commissioned just a month later.
While fans have fallen in love with the will they-won’t-they romance between Noah (played by Adam Brody) and podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell), we’re expecting that season two will once again see the pair navigate his work as a Rabbi with her indecisiveness about whether to convert to Judaism.
Although Noah and Joanne’s relationship is sure to dominate the series, we’re looking forward to seeing what else the writers have in store for us – and, of course, meeting the new characters.
On March 4, it was announced that Arian Moayed and Alex Karpovsky will be joining the cast.
Succession star Moayed will play Dr. Andy – a charming psychotherapist who might just be the perfect match for Joanne’s sister and podcast co-host, Morgan (played by Justine Lupe).
And Noah’s complicated relationship with Joanne won’t be the only thing causing him a headache – as Girls actor Karpovsky will play Big Noah, an overly confident rabbi at Noah’s temple.
Leighton Meester also cast in season two of Nobody Wants This
Moayed and Karpovsky aren’t the only new additions to the cast.
In February, Netflix revealed that Leighton Meester and Miles Fowler will take on roles in season two.
Fowler will be playing Lenny, one of Noah’s Matzah Ballers basketball squad teammates who gets set up with Morgan.
Featuring as Abby, Meester’s character is described as Joanne’s middle school nemesis who is now an Instagram mommy influencer.
Fans went wild for the casting – as Meester is a former co-star of Bell (in Gossip Girl), and also Brody’s wife of 14 years!
Who else is in the Nobody Wants This cast?
Alongside Brody, Bell, Lupe and the new characters, the original cast are all expected to return in season two.
Timothy Simons takes on the part of Sasha, Noah’s older brother, and Jackie Tohn will take up her position as his wife, Esther.
Joanne and Morgan’s parents, Lynn and Henry, are portrayed by Stephanie Faracy and Michael Hitchcock; and Tovah Feldshuh and Paul Ben-Victor play Bina and Ilan Roklov, Noah and Sasha’s mom and dad.
Others in the returning cast are thought to be:
- Emily Arlook as Rebecca, Noah’s Jewish almost fiancée
- Sherry Cola as Ashley, Joanne’s best friend and podcast agent – and the woman who inadvertently set her up with Noah
- Shiloh Bearman as Miriam Roklov, Sasha and Esther’s daughter
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Rabbi Cohen, the head rabbi and Noah’s boss at the Temple Chai
- D’Arcy Carden as Ryann, Joanne’s friend
- Ryan Hansen as Kyle, a former fling of Joanne’s
- Leslie Grossman as Rabbi Shira
