For Kristen Bell, it wasn’t very hard to tap into her character’s love story in Nobody Wants This . On the show, Joanne falls for Noah — someone who she does not have a lot of common with. According to Bell, the opposites-attract romance was easy to act out since it mirrors her real-life relationship with her husband Dax Shepard .

On Nobody Wants This , Bell’s Joanne finds herself constantly struggling to keep her relationship with rabbi Noah afloat, as the two star-crossed characters frequently butt heads over their opposing views on religion, sex, and dating. Bell says this polarizing tension is something she is drawn to in her own marriage.

“Having someone I feel that is very opposite from me is certainly something that I feel,” Bell told People on Oct. 23 . “I feel like

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