Kristen Bell is returning to television for 'Nobody Wants This', a new Netflix romcom with Adam Brody. Here, 'The Good Place' star opens up to PEOPLE about how excited she is for the release of her "modern rom-com" and why she decided to get back to acting after taking a few years off.

Brody became popular in the early aughts when he starred as Seth Cohen in The O.C., which debuted in 2003. Bell also began her claim to fame as the titular Veronica Mars, which first aired in 2004. Both shows famously took place in Southern California.