TIMOTHY SIMONS & JACKIE TOHN' PEOPLE WERE MAD!'

Clocking more than 1.21 billion minutes of viewing time in one week shortly after its September 2024 premiere, it's fair to say everybody wanted a piece of Netflix hit Nobody Wants This.

- Sara Tapia

With the second season having recently dropped, even stars Jackie Tohn, 45, and Timothy Simons, 47, can't quite comprehend just how far the relatable rom-com - and their recognition as beloved supporting characters - has reached.

"Are we famous in Australia?" the pair ask when WHO catches up with them on Zoom ahead of Season 2's launch.

Indeed, while fans fell head over heels for cynical dating podcaster Joanne (played by Veronica Mars' Kristen Bell) and hot rabbi Noah (The O.C.'s Adam Brody) in Season 1, they have become equally enamoured by his eccentric older brother, Sasha (Simons), and intrigued by sassy sister-in-law Esther (Tohn).

Here, the pair talk pressure, perspectives and relationship predicaments...

Season 1 of Nobody Wants This was a massive hit. Did that bring a certain level of pressure when it came to Season 2?

TIMOTHY SIMONS The pressure that it brings, you kind of just have to put out of your head. I think one thing that's great about it is that for anything to kind of break through the noise right now is incredibly hard and to try to just enjoy that when it's happening. And so going into Season 2, I think more than anything, if you have the ability to sit in a room with people you really enjoy working with and you respect, then the pressure kind of goes away, because that's the process of getting to something good, hopefully.