Adam Brody has revealed he “cannot bear” to watch himself in The OC due to his “terrible” impersonation of his acting idol.
Brody rose to fame playing the adorably nerdy Seth Cohen in the teen drama series from 2003 to 2007 alongside Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson, and Ben McKenzie.
Despite the popularity of his famous character, Brody has revealed in a new interview that he finds it hard to re-watch episodes of the iconic series.
“Despite any confidence I had, I also can’t bear to watch any of The OC,” he admitted on the Life Is Short With Justin Long podcast.
“Vince Vaughn was my acting hero,” Brody added.
“To the point where I’m doing a terrible imitation of him… for most of my twenties. And I’ve since knocked that off. That was, you know, a lot of my acting, for better and worse, in my twenties is due to him.”
He added: “The OC is me doing a chipmunk Vince Vaughn. Even though I’m mid-twenties, it sounds like I’m going through puberty still… I just watch it now and I’m like, ‘Settle down.’”
While there have always been rumours of a toxic on-set environment on The OC ever since the exit of Mischa Barton, Brody – who also dated on-screen girlfriend Rachel Bilson – was hesitant to speak ill of any of co-stars.
“Honestly, we were in such a bubble,” he said.
“It was pre-social media. We’re filming down in Manhattan Beach. It wasn’t like I had 20 million Twitter followers or whatever. I was, like, dating my costar… We were just in a 30-person social bubble.”
He continued: “Yes, we got more famous, but I was living in Hollywood, I wasn’t around that many places… I felt, like, at once, ‘Oh, my god, I have all these opportunities all of the sudden.’ Then I’m seeing movies and I’m getting cool meetings. But we filmed that show, like, nine and a half months a year. There wasn’t much time to capitalise on it, really.”
Funnily enough, Brody has since married fellow 2000s teen drama star, Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester, whom he wed in 2014.
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