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True story behind 'heartbreaking' new Netflix series that people say 'they’ll never recover from'

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Updated 14:08 2 Oct 2024 GMT+1Published 17:18 1 Oct 2024 GMT+1

True story behind 'heartbreaking' new Netflix series that people say 'they’ll never recover from'

The series stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as the lead characters

Rhianna Benson

Rhianna Benson

Netflix viewers have been blindsided by the revelation that the streaming service's latest huge-name rom-com is actually based entirely off a true story.

And let's just say, the news has left them even more heartbroken than they were when they finally wrapped up the 10-part series.

If you haven't already guessed which much-loved series we're raving about, it stars A-list acting favourites and Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as the two central characters of the series, Joanne and Noah.

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The heartwarming hit - which has since been described by viewers as 'millennial fever dream' - tells the story of a romantically hapless sex podcaster who comes face to face with a sarcastic rabbi after they're both invited to the dinner party of a mutual friend.

Finding themselves drawn to one another, the duo quickly immerse themselves into one another's culturally-different worlds, realising they have much more in common than they once thought - despite what their respective friend groups think of their romance.

And so begins the start of the saucy love affair told in Nobody Wants This, which comes to a drastic halt when the couple realise one of them will one day have to compromise on their beliefs.

The series is based on a real-life love story (Netflix)
The series is based on a real-life love story (Netflix)

Will Joanne convert to Judaism for Noah, or will he sacrifice his faith for the woman he loves?

Without giving too much away, the series has sent viewers into a soul-shattering frenzy, with many left heartbroken by the modern-day fairytale.

What some fans of the show failed to realise until recently, however, was that the entire series is based off a real life love story.

In fact, the show's producer Erin Foster has pretty much lived the entire experience, and claims she based Noah's character off her own husband, Simon Tikhman.

Speaking on her podcast recently, she explained she wanted to make the male character 'emotionally available, chivalrous, old-fashioned - but also really funny and confident'.

And though Tikhman isn't actually a rabbi - and instead, works as a music producer in Los Angeles - she says his Jewish-Russian immigrant upbringing took some getting used to when they were first dating.

The show has sent viewers wild (Netflix)
The show has sent viewers wild (Netflix)

"We didn’t come from similar backgrounds," she told listeners recently.

"He came from a much more traditional place.

"I came from a more unconventional place. When we got together we were like, 'How’s this gonna work?'."

She added, however, that as a couple, they didn't face as much backlash from their friends as Joanna and Noah in the series.

Foster also revealed that one of the show's sweetest scenes - which sees Noah rocking up to meet Joanne's parents for the first time with an obscene bouquet of flowers - mirrored the same interaction she and her husband had in real life.

"The flowers were so long, and they kept falling over," the reflected. "Sitting there, I was like, 'Well, if someone cares this much, then that feels like a weakness.'"

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Netflix, TV And Film, Sex and Relationships

Rhianna Benson
Rhianna Benson

Rhianna is an Entertainment Journalist at LADbible Group, working across LADbible, UNILAD and Tyla. She has a Masters in News Journalism from the University of Salford and a Masters in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh. She previously worked as a Celebrity Reporter for OK! and New Magazines, and as a TV Writer for Reach PLC.

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