Nobody Wants This Season 2 Casting Update Reveals Succession Reunion & Sets Morgan's New Love Interest

Nobody Wants Thisseason 2 is continuing a trend by setting up a Succession reunion for Justine Lupe, and bringing in a new love interest for Morgan. Ahead of the premiere of Nobody Wants This season 2, which is tentatively expected for later this year, the hit Netflix romantic comedy has already set up a reunion between former Veronica Mars scene partners and Gossip Girl cast members Leighton Meester and Kristen Bell. Meester, also the wife of Nobody Wants This lead Adam Brody, will play an antagonist to Bell's character Joanne.

Deadlineconfirms that Nobody Wants This season 2has cast Succession actor Arian Moayed. Moayed, a two-time Emmy nominee for his performance as Stewy Hosseini, will play the charming and well-regarded psychotherapist Dr. Andy. Though he may be a little sure of himself, he's potentially a good match for Joanne's sister Morgan (Lupe). In addition to Moayed, Alex Karpovsky has also been cast. Karpovsky, known for playing Raymond “Ray” Ploshansky on HBO's Girls, has the role of Big Noah, who is a confident rabbi and a colleague of Noah Rokolov (Brody).

What The New Cast Members Mean For Nobody Wants This Season 2

The Show's Circle Is Expanding

Nobody Wants This is a classic romantic comedy that's premised around the opposites attract trope, zeroing in on the obstacles Joanne and Noah face en route to falling in love. If it were a movie, rivals and secondary romances would get some focus, but only so much as the runtime allows without taking away focus from the main pairing. A television show is a little different.

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After the Nobody Wants This season 1 ending, in which Joanne and Noah decide to stay together despite the obstacles, the show was going to need to mix things up one way or another. Turning the lens to the supporting cast is one way to do that. However, series creator Erin Foster and new showrunners Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan have gone a cut above by setting up reunions that everyone is excited to see. That includes Meester, but also Lupe and Moayed. They were pitch-perfect with their dry comedy, becoming scene-stealers on Succession while playing Willa and Stewy respectively.

Our Take On The Nobody Wants This Castings

It Adds To An Already Great Show

Bottoms actor Miles Fowler is also joining the cast of Nobody Wants This, playing a friend of Noah's that gets set up with Morgan. The latest update confirms that this won't last, but the breakout romantic comedy is at least going all in on reunions after the first installment included Veronica Mars cameos and The Good Place guests. There's even a chance all this positive buzz could help Nobody Wants This grow its audience even more in season 2, which would help its long-term prospects.