“Yeah, you could’t help but believe all the sort of hype.
“They just didn’t want to be doing the show anymore.
It was pretty tough; they were very tough to work with.

Rachel Bilson and Tate Donovan.Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Noam Galai/FilmMagic
The adults were all fantastic, total pros.
But you know how it is with young actors and I know because I was one of them once.
When you achieve a certain amount of success, you want to be doing something else.”
You did the scene, and it was great.
You’re an amazing actress.
… At the time, I called you ‘the cute machine,'” he said.
“So, I just wanted to put something in your mind.
And I said … ‘Just so you know, that was great.
And so, I want to see that argument in you … You know that right?
You know that you had an argument with Seth?'”
“I didn’t want to step on toes.
I didn’t want to insult you by reminding you of that.”
Bilson has called revisitingThe O.C.for the podcast “trippy and a little insane.”