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California, here they come! Newport Beach’s coolest teens went through plenty of romantic drama on The O.C., but so did their real-life counterparts.

The O.C. almost looked very different!

hit TV show “The O.C.”The teen soap drama aired from 2003 until 2007, with Barton’s character Marissa Cooper and McKenzie’s Ryan Atwood embarking on a multi-season relationship.The “Hills: New Beginnings” alum, 38, confessed that she and the “Gotham” actor, 45, dated in real life while on the Fox show. “It was kind of complicated for me,” she said of her romance with McKenzie on a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.McKenzie was 25 years old at the time of shooting while Barton was just 17.“I went into that a virgin, a kid, really feeling like I needed to grow up quickly,” she said.“Acting with people older than me was a bit like, ‘Oh wow.

The O.C. almost looked very different!

The O.C. almost looked very different!

The O.C. is one of the defining teen dramas of the early 2000s.Created by Josh Schwartz, the series follows troubled teen Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) who is adopted by wealthy parents Sandy (Peter Gallagher) and Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan) in Orange County, California.As Ryan arrives in Newport Beach, he has to adjust to life as a high-schooler in high society, alongside adoptive brother Seth (Adam Brody), Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) and Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson).The show spanned four seasons from 2003 to 2007. Other cast members include Chris Carmack, Tate Donovan, Melinda Clarke, Alan Dale and Autumn Reeser.The O.C.’s opening theme song is ‘California’ by Phantom Planet, while the score is composed by Christopher Tyng.

The O.C. almost looked very different!

The O.C. have said they “regret” killing off fan-favourite character Marissa, played by Mischa Barton.At the end of the show’s third season, Marissa dies in the arms of her boyfriend Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) after being involved in a car accident.Speaking to Vanity Fair for the show’s 20th anniversary, show creator Josh Schwartz and executive producer Stephanie Savage reflected on the decision to kill off the character.“It’s something that we regret, and looking back on it, we wish we could have come up with a different solution,” Schwartz said.

told Vanity Fair. “If we wanted a season four, we’d have to do something like that.”Barton was one of the faces of young Hollywood in the early 2000s; her character died during the Season 3 finale after being in a car accident caused by her ex-boyfriend Kevin Volchok (Cam Gigandet).

The O.C. premiered more than two decades ago — but California keeps Us coming back for more.

The creator of The O.C. is sharing some new details about the hit teen drama!

The creator of The O.C. is sharing some new details about the hit teen drama!

The creator of The O.C. is sharing some new details about the hit teen drama!

The creator of The O.C. is sharing some new details about the hit teen drama!

California, here we come. Former The O.C. costars Rachel Bilson, Melinda Clarke and Mischa Barton had an emotional reunion for the show’s 20th anniversary — and revisited one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the teen soap’s history.

Welcome to The O.C.! Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson, Ben McKenzie and more young actors got their starts on the teen drama — but there were even more faces that would soon become familiar in the background.

Faker than Oliver’s “girlfriend” Natalie! On The O.C., no location was more iconic than the Cohens’ pool house, but TikTok users have recently discovered a devastating fact — it wasn’t real.

Wonder Woman 1984 star Chris Pine lost out on a major part in The OC because of his acne, a showrunner has claimed.Creator Josh Schwartz said on a new podcast about The OC that Pine auditioned for the show’s lead character Ryan Atwood.“He was really really really good but – this is painful,” Schwartz told Welcome To The OC Bitches!.

The O.C. almost had a super different cast.

The O.C., I knew that I was in for a ride. For three seasons, fans watched Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) and Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) fall in love, get in fights, and break up...

Ben McKenzie is reflecting on his time on The O.C.

Despite what you—and Fox—may hope, there is no more adventures of Seth Cohen, Summer Roberts and Ryan Atwood on the horizon. Yep, we're talking about The O.C. and the revival that never was.

It's hard to recall an actor who is so irrevocably tethered to one character quite like Adam Brody is to his onscreen alter ego Seth Cohen.