Zooey Deschanel is spilling one of the biggest secrets from . During episode 2 of the podcast, hosted by Deschanel and her co-stars, Lamorne Morris and Hannah Simone, the actress revealed what the show’s writers thought about her and Jake Johnson — who played her on-screen love interest, Nick Miller -- at the start of the series. When asked by Morris (who played Winston Bishop), if it was true that the writers felt that she and Johnson had too much chemistry at the start of show and wanted to keep them apart, Deschanel confirmed, sharing, «I remember them saying that.