Adam Brody and Leighton Meester Say They Often 'Have to Resist' the Urge to Act in Each Others' Projects

Mar. 15, 2025

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

Adam BrodyandLeighton Meesterhave plenty of opportunities to collaborate at work come their way.The actors, who have beenmarriedsince 2014, caught up withE!on the red carpet ahead of the 2025Golden Globe Awardsin Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 5, where they revealed they still field calls to work together, years aftertheir runs onThe O.C.andGossip Girland in movies like 2011’sThe Oranges.“We talk about it,” Meester, 38, said, when asked if the couple have considered acting together again. (She and Brody, 45, most recently acted together in a 2023 film titledRiver Wild.)“We don’t have a dream project, we always like to work together when it comes up,” Brody said, with Meester noting, “It comes up a lot.““It’s true, almost everything we do they’re like, ‘Would your husband or wife want to be in this as well?’ " Brody confessed.“We have to resist more than we seek it out,” Meester added.Leighton Meester and Adam Brody attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImageBrody and Meester first met through a mutual friend while at a deli in Los Angeles. They reconnected in 2011 to filmThe Oranges, but they did not begin dating until February 2013, when they were first seen on a dinner date.The couple got engaged in November 2013 and married in February of the following year. Theyshare two children, Arlo Day Brody, 9, and a son whom they welcomed in 2020. Meester and Brody have not shared their younger son’s name publicly.“We should come up with something to do together,” Brody toldE!when asked why he and Meester turn down opportunities to act together.“I have an idea but it’s top secret,” Meester noted.Leighton Meester and Adam Brody on Feb. 24, 2024.Frazer Harrison/GettyBrody, who has been acting since the late 1990s, is nominated at Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony for his role on Netflix’s rom-com seriesNobody Wants This —his first nominationat the awards ceremony.“A family, you know, gives you a very different perspective,” he said, when asked what has changed in his life most over the last 20 years and his renewed popularity for his role onNobody Wants This. “Probably the single biggest perspective - I don’t know. I don’t want to quantify it, but it’s a big perspective shift. But hopefully it means in another 20 years I’ll be back as everyone’s favorite grandpa-boyfriend.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 82nd annual Golden Globes as they’re broadcasting live from The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on CBS and Paramount+.

Adam BrodyandLeighton Meesterhave plenty of opportunities to collaborate at work come their way.

The actors, who have beenmarriedsince 2014, caught up withE!on the red carpet ahead of the 2025Golden Globe Awardsin Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 5, where they revealed they still field calls to work together, years aftertheir runs onThe O.C.andGossip Girland in movies like 2011’sThe Oranges.

“We talk about it,” Meester, 38, said, when asked if the couple have considered acting together again. (She and Brody, 45, most recently acted together in a 2023 film titledRiver Wild.)

“We don’t have a dream project, we always like to work together when it comes up,” Brody said, with Meester noting, “It comes up a lot.”

“It’s true, almost everything we do they’re like, ‘Would your husband or wife want to be in this as well?’ " Brody confessed.

“We have to resist more than we seek it out,” Meester added.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage

Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage

Brody and Meester first met through a mutual friend while at a deli in Los Angeles. They reconnected in 2011 to filmThe Oranges, but they did not begin dating until February 2013, when they were first seen on a dinner date.

The couple got engaged in November 2013 and married in February of the following year. Theyshare two children, Arlo Day Brody, 9, and a son whom they welcomed in 2020. Meester and Brody have not shared their younger son’s name publicly.

“We should come up with something to do together,” Brody toldE!when asked why he and Meester turn down opportunities to act together.

“I have an idea but it’s top secret,” Meester noted.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody on Feb. 24, 2024.Frazer Harrison/Getty

Frazer Harrison/Getty

Brody, who has been acting since the late 1990s, is nominated at Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony for his role on Netflix’s rom-com seriesNobody Wants This —his first nominationat the awards ceremony.“A family, you know, gives you a very different perspective,” he said, when asked what has changed in his life most over the last 20 years and his renewed popularity for his role onNobody Wants This. “Probably the single biggest perspective - I don’t know. I don’t want to quantify it, but it’s a big perspective shift. But hopefully it means in another 20 years I’ll be back as everyone’s favorite grandpa-boyfriend.”

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