Kristen Bell Would Do a Reboot of Veronica Mars or The Good Place 'Any Day': 'Never Wanted Them to End' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Warner Bros. Television/Courtesy Everett Collection

Warner Bros. Television/Courtesy Everett Collection

AVeronica MarsorGood Placereboot? Never say never, saysKristen Bell.

The actress, 44, who recently returned to the small screen to star in the Netflix rom-com seriesNobody Wants Thisafter taking a few years off, says she’s wide open to bringing back either of the beloved shows.

“I’m very transparent about that!” she tells PEOPLE, laughing. “I never wanted either of those shows to end.”

Veronica Marsdidreturn for a fan-funded movie in 2014 and for a brief revival season on Hulu in 2019. ButThe Good Placehas remained off the air since it wrapped in 2020 after four seasons.

Kristen Bell and Ted Danson in The Good PLace.Alamy

Alamy

After the popular teen drama wrapped in 2007 after four seasons, Bell famously appeared as the voice for the titularGossip Girlin the hit CW series for 121 episodes.

Despite being “Gossip Girl” for every single episode during its run between 2007-2012, she never made a physical appearance in the series — except for one cameo where she played herself in the finale.

Kristen Bell in 2022.Leeor Wild/Trunk Archive

Leeor Wild/Trunk Archive

Now, she’s back on Netflix’sNobody Want This, where she plays an agnostic sex podcaster who falls for a soft-spoken Rabbi (Adam Brody). She recently went on her husbandDax Shepard’sArmchair Expertpodcast to explain why she was returning to acting after taking a few years off.

“A desire to be creative and leave the house a little more because I have spent the last couple of years being, like, a full-time mom,” theFrozenstar said. “I realized, I want to do it again. I want to feel that kind of electricity again.”

Bell recently told PEOPLE that she was also drawn to the script, which is loosely based on the real life of show creator and producerErin Foster(who is musicianDavid Foster’s daughter.)

“Erin wrote a very interesting rom-com that had a lot of depth and that was very modern,” Bell says. “Just the fact that she chose it to be this agnostic podcast host and a sort of unconventional rabbi, people who are sort of star-crossed, people who want to be together but shouldn’t when the world is against them…there’s inherently a lot of story behind that.”

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This.Stefania Rosini/Netflix

Stefania Rosini/Netflix

“I think interpersonal relationships are very interesting when you’re delving into different outlooks on life or obstacles you could hit….like what it actually means for people with different backgrounds and outlooks on life to bridge those differences in the name of something they call love,” she adds. “It’s agrown-upromance.”

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Nobody Wants Thisis now streaming on Netflix.

source: people.com