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Though New Girl has been off the air for a few years now, the show has continued to gain popularity on streaming services. Not only that, but longtime fans of the series have continued to return to it over the years. So, it makes perfect sense that Zooey Deschanel, Lamorne Morris, and Hannah Simone—who played Jess, Winston and Cece, respectively—teamed up for a podcast all about New Girl.
During a recent episode of Welcome To Our Show, the trio addressed a well-known rumor about the early days of the show for the first time. “Is it true that there was so much chemistry between you and Jake [Johnson] in the beginning that you guys couldn’t be in the same shot together?” Morris asked Deschanel.
Johnson played Nick, Jess's on-again-off-again boyfriend. “I remember them saying that,” Deschanel confirmed. “They were like, ‘Listen, you guys have such great chemistry. This is a series, we have to play this out over time, and we don’t want to put you guys in the same storylines together.’ ”
Deschanel recalled asking: “‘Isn’t that a good thing?’" about having so much chemistry with her on-screen love interest. "I think we all had good chemistry together from the get-go, in different ways," she added. "They did say they wanted to play out that storyline, that our chemistry was really good.”
Back in 2020, Morris told Glamour he would join a New Girl reunion at that very moment. "I would love to do it now," Morris said while promoting his new Hulu original series Woke. "We’re seeing a reemergence of New Girl on Netflix. It’s booming. I’m getting almost as many messages about New Girl now than I was when the show was on. So if we were to do a reunion, I would love to. I don’t know if it’s a one-off episode, a movie, a shortened season...I have no idea. But it’s a small cast, so I think we could adhere to the quarantine and social distancing rules perfectly fine. I think it would be fun, actually!"
Morris' comments echoed those of Johnson, who also spoke about his interest in getting the New Girl cast together again back in 2020. "Hannah Simone and I were texting two nights ago. Zooey and I still text. The guys and I are on a text chain," Johnson shared. "Everybody's still linked up, so I would be surprised if there's not some sort of a thing at some point where everybody comes back."
We'll just have to wait for Johnson to make an appearance on Welcome to Our Show!