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He came in and didnt know any of the lines?
No, f*ck this guy!
In their new book,Welcome to the O.C.
Brodys competition for the role was close to home literally.
Despite the initial Ryan vs. Seth curveball, Brody had charmed Patrick Rush.
His first meeting with the producers did not end nearly as well.
And what does Adam Brody remember of this process?
A good casting director trusts his hunches, and argues on behalf of them.
Patrick Rush is an excellent casting director.
The director swap from McG to Doug Liman proved fortuitously timed for Brody.
Ryan Atwood was by far the more conventional of the shows two male leads.
- Excerpted from WELCOME TO THE O.C.
THE ORAL HISTORY Copyright 2023 by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Alan Sepinwall.
Reprinted here with permission from William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
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