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Peter Gallagher Is Grateful O.C. Co-Star Mischa Barton Is ‘Still Alive’

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Peter Gallagher reveals which of his former co-stars on The O.C. he’s “very protecting” of.

The actor, who performed Sandy Cohen within the hit teen drama, lately opened as much as The Unbiased in regards to the destructive affect of fame and the way he at all times discovered himself searching for Mischa Barton, who performed Marissa Cooper on the present centered on rich teenagers residing in Newport Seaside, California.

“I’ve at all times felt very protecting of her,” Gallagher mentioned. “First fame is poisonous. First fame can kill you. She was 16 years outdated when she began working with us, so simply the truth that she’s nonetheless alive, I’m simply so grateful.”

Gallagher and Barton labored alongside one another all through the primary three seasons of the present, which ran from 2003 to 2007. Marissa was the love curiosity of Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie), who was taken in by the Cohen household, together with Peter, Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) and Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan). (Spoiler alert!) Nevertheless, Barton’s character didn’t return for season 4, as Marissa was killed in a automotive crash within the season three finale.

Following Barton’s fast rise to fame, the actress confronted a number of challenges, together with a DUI arrest in 2007. She was later hospitalized in 2009 as a consequence of profession and stress-related causes.

Gallagher could really feel protecting of Barton as a result of his personal rise to fame was far more gradual and with much less scrutiny. The actor bought his begin on Broadway, taking part in Danny Zuko in Grease in 1978.

“It was a good time to be younger and doing Grease as a result of the critics didn’t come,” he informed the outlet. “I did 500 performances of that present. It wasn’t going to make you well-known. It wasn’t going to wreck you. No one was reviewing it, nevertheless it was an ideal coaching floor.”

Final 12 months, Barton opened as much as The Sunday Instances in regards to the “trauma” she endured working within the trade when she was a youngster.

“You possibly can go to remedy daily for the remainder of your life,” she mentioned on the time. “However there’s simply a specific amount of trauma [from] all that I went by, notably in my early 20s, that simply doesn’t go away in a single day.”

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Peter Gallagher Is ‘Proud’ of ‘The O.C.’ Onscreen Son Adam Brody

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Peter Gallagher remains to be in Adam Brody‘s nook.

The Humane star spoke with Individuals concerning the Brody Renaissance going down on-line proper now following the discharge of Netflix’s No person Desires This, through which Brody portrays the charming, “scorching rabbi,” Noah.

“I wouldn’t go so far as being a proud dad, and I haven’t seen the present, however I’m pleased with him on a regular basis as his buddy and former TV dad,” he instructed the publication on Wednesday. “And I’m not shocked in any respect [of the renaissance]. He’s so gifted, and I’m glad he’s nonetheless doing his factor.”

Gallagher and Brody starred alongside each other as father and son duo, Sandy and Seth Cohen, respectively, in The O.C. The teenager drama collection launched Brody’s profession after his beloved, albeit temporary, stint on Gilmore Women as Dave Rygalski, rocker and first boyfriend of Lane Kim (Keiko Agena).

Whereas they have been filming the long-lasting Fox collection, the Gray’s Anatomy actor recalled recognizing the Fleishman Is in Bother actor’s expertise and famous that sure issues have caught with him because the present resulted in 2007 — together with the phrase “Chrismukkah,” which Brody’s Seth coined. It marks the vacation the character began when he wished to have a good time each Christmas and Hanukkah.

“I simply bear in mind listening to Chrismukkah for the primary time and pondering, ‘That’s good. I believe that’s gonna stick,’ and it did,” Gallagher mentioned.

Adam Brody and Peter Gallagher in The O.C. collection finale, “The Finish Isn’t Close to, It’s Right here.”

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The Grace & Frankie actor isn’t Brody’s solely former castmember singing the actor’s praises.

In a separate dialog with Individuals, Rachel Bilson, who portrayed his onscreen girlfriend and eventual spouse in The O.C., additionally took a second to provide him his flowers and share her ideas on the Brody Renaissance.

“I really feel prefer it’s all the time been there, however whether it is [a renaissance], it’s nicely deserved,” she mentioned. “I imply, he’s superior. He’s one of the best.”

Whereas Bilson hasn’t seen No person Desires This, which has been renewed for a second season, she “couldn’t be extra excited” to.

“Actually Kristen [Bell] and Adam each I really like and are like my folks,” she mentioned of the collection. “So I’m actually enthusiastic about it and excited for them.”

As part of the Brody Renaissance, numerous memes have made their approach throughout the web, however, likelihood is, the Shazam! actor hasn’t seen them as a result of he’s a really offline particular person, in line with No person Desires This creator Erin Foster.

“[It] is truthfully so annoying, as a result of I’m like, ‘I want you to be seeing these memes about you,’” she instructed The Hollywood Reporter. “We actually created a faux Twitter account for him simply so he might go on Twitter and see, and he’s like, ‘No, I can’t.’ He’s too mentally wholesome to permit himself to enter these darkish holes. And, I respect it.”

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Rachel Bilson Reprises The O.C. Role of Summer Roberts for Tequila Ad

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Welcome to The O.C., bitch!

Rachel Bilson reprised considered one of her most iconic roles as The O.C‘s Summer time Roberts for 3 21Seeds Tequila adverts. For the spots, the actress additionally reunited with the Fox present’s creators, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who partnered up with the tequila model to place collectively the nostalgic adverts.

The adverts kick off with the identical shot as The O.C. intro, a pan of Orange County from the water because the tune “California” by Phantom Planet performs.

Within the first spot, Bilson’s in a kitchen, making cocktails with 21Seeds’ Valencia Orange tequila at a celebration. “Is that 21Seeds’ infused tequila?” a visitor asks Bilson’s Summer time. “Welcome to the V.O.C, bitch,” Bilson replies because the advert bleeps out the “bitch.” The road is supposed to resemble what Luke (Chris Carmack) tells Ryan (Ben McKenzie) after they get right into a struggle originally of the sequence. Bilson then provides, “It stands for Valencia Orange Cocktail, bitch,” once more bleeped out. “No matter, it’s scrumptious, bitch.”

The second sees Bilson take her bartending abilities outdoors to make a Paloma with 21Seeds’ Grapefruit Hibiscus taste for one more occasion visitor. As they get pleasure from their cocktails, somebody behind them begins screaming and throws a lounge chair into the pool like Mischa Barton’s Marissa did in season two, episode one. “What’s along with her?” the visitor asks Bilson. “She missed her yogalates class.”

The ultimate advert brings The O.C.‘s major character, Ryan, again — kind of. Throughout the identical occasion, Bilson hears the doorbell and opens it to see somebody who very a lot resembles Ryan, with a leather-based jacket, white T-shirt and necklace. When Bilson asks, “Who’re you?” the Ryan-lookalike replies, “Whoever you need me to be,” which is similar factor Ryan advised Marissa after they first met.

“Ew,” Bilson replies. “Kidding. Heard you’re operating low on 21Seeds Infused Tequila,” he tells her earlier than handing her a bottle of its Cucumber Jalapeño taste. “Oh! Keep for a spicy marg? It’s delish,” she responds earlier than he tells her he can’t as a result of his subsequent supply is in Chino, which is the place Ryan’s from.

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Chris Pine Addresses Losing ‘The O. C.’ Role Due to ‘Bad Acne’

Chris Pine is opening up about not touchdown the position of Ryan Atwood in The O.C. resulting from his dangerous zits on the time.

In Welcome to The O.C.: An Oral Historical past, which was launched in honor of the present’s twentieth anniversary, casting director Patrick Rush revealed that the Star Trek star didn’t get the lead half within the Fox present due to his pores and skin issues.

Throughout an look on the Completely happy Unhappy Confused podcast forward of the discharge of Pine’s directorial debut, Poolman, host Josh Horowitz requested him if mentioning how he misplaced the position resulting from his zits was PTSD or a bitter level for him.

“No — I imply, it’s part of my life. Look, do I want…? The person didn’t have to speak about it. I imply, it’s his prerogative,” the Surprise Lady star stated. “I had terrible pores and skin as a youngster, after which after faculty, my pores and skin began breaking out once more. I used to be going out for The O.C., which is a teenage melodrama. I can perceive that they wished to have fairly folks doing fairly issues, and dangerous zits shouldn’t be a key [to that].”

When the host joked that it’s a disgrace the actor didn’t get the position as a result of perhaps his profession would’ve labored out if he had, Pine responded, “I don’t need to say, ‘I’m grateful for not having landed [the part].’ I’m alright, however it’s a little PTSD,” he added. “It’s no enjoyable having dangerous pores and skin. … It was probably the most traumatic factors of my life, however it’s my story, man.”

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The position of Ryan Atwood ended up going to Ben McKenzie, who starred alongside Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Melinda Clarke, Tate Donovan and Alan Dale, with Chris Pratt and Olivia Wilde in recurring roles.

Later within the dialog with Horowitz, Pine addressed how laborious it was for him to have such extreme zits rising up, noting it had an emotional impression on him.

“It’s so unusual. Folks speak about weight problems — and, clearly, I perceive the problem of that — or they speak about any types of issues, and I really feel like zits is thought to be this factor of like, ‘Oh, it’s identical to, what you undergo as a youngster.’ And it may be,” he stated. “And it may be sort of identical to you get a pimple in your brow. It can be tremendously debilitating and actually, severely, emotionally incapacitating, which it was for me.”

He concluded, “So, for anybody on the market that’s experiencing that: I get you, I hear you, I’ve been there, I do know it. I understand how miserable it may be and the sort of depths of sorrow it could actually drag you to, however there’s a brighter day.”

Pine directed, starred in and co-wrote Poolman, which follows his character, Darren Barrenman, a Los Angeles pool cleaner who spends his days taking care of the Tahitian Tiki house constructing’s pool. In the future, he’s approached by a femme fatale to uncover corruption and agrees in an effort to make his hometown a greater place to reside.

Poolman is in theaters now.