‘The O.C.’ Forged: The place Are They Now?

Welcome to The O.C.! Ben McKenzie, Adam Brody, Mischa Barton and Rachel Bilson had been catapulted to fame whereas starring on the hit teen drama.

The Fox collection ran from August 2003 to February 2007 and targeted on the lives of prosperous youngsters in Newport Seaside, California. McKenzie (Ryan Atwood), Brody (Seth Cohen), Barton (Marissa Cooper), Bilson (Summer season Roberts), Peter Gallagher (Sandy Cohen), Kelly Rowan (Kirsten Cohen) and Melinda Clarke (Julie Cooper) starred on the present.

A slew of then-emerging faces appeared on The O.C. too. Chris Pratt, Olivia Wilde, Shailene Woodley and Nikki Reed had been among the many soon-to-be well-known visitor stars who stopped by for some episodes.

The drama made headlines for its story strains on multiple event, however nobody — informal viewer or longtime fan — can neglect the loss of life of Barton’s Marissa in season 3. “I simply had loads in my profession that I wished to do and attain,” the actress instructed The New York Occasions in Might 2019. “I felt like issues had been actually closely reliant upon me, and I used to be getting no time to do any of the opposite affords that had been on the market.”

Barton, who claimed it was her concept to depart, added: “Making the present was loads in direction of the top. I actually really feel like every thing type of labored out in the way in which it was most likely presupposed to. I could by no means have gotten a job or a profession if I hadn’t simply taken it then.”

The Dancing With the Stars alum additional alleged that she pushed for her character’s controversial demise. “I fought tooth and nail for [the alternate ending in which Marissa moved] to not occur as a result of I simply don’t assume that’s Marissa Cooper. I simply don’t assume crusing off into the sundown’s the correct goodbye,” she stated. “She’s a type of burnout characters the place I don’t know the way way more we might have achieved along with her anyway.”

Whereas followers know what occurred to Marissa, Bilson was solely left to take a position as to Summer season and Seth’s future. “Yeah, certain. Why not?” the Hart of Dixie alum solely instructed Us Weekly in December 2019 when requested if the couple would nonetheless be collectively. “You all the time need a completely satisfied ending.”

Scroll right down to see what the solid of The O.C. has been as much as for the reason that iconic collection ended.