United Kingdom, Oct. 23 -- Kristen Bell is "still shocked" Adam Brody agreed to be in Nobody Wants This.

The 45-year-old actress spent "months" trying to get her pal to sign up to play her love interest Noah Roklov, the Hot Rabbi, in the Netflix romantic comedy series but he initially "wasn't interested" in the job so she's delighted that he finally agreed because he is "so appealing" to watch.

She told the new issue of Red magazine: "I tried to convince Adam to do it for months, but he wasn't interested in playing a romantic lead. I'm still shocked he said yes.

"He's kind of cookie cutter, yet he's not, and he sort of defies all of the things you think he is - he'll pop up in weird projects here and there, and only does work he feels ...