The OC’s Rachel Bilson Recalls Seth & Summer’s Awkward Spider-Man Kiss

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The OC star Rachel Bilson recounts the awkward experience of filming Seth and Summer’s Spider-Man kiss. Bilson played Summer Roberts on the seminal teen drama, initially appearing in a guest role before quickly winning over fans and joining the main cast, partly due to her relationship with Adam Brody’s Seth Cohen. The duo represented one of the genre's common storylines, pairing the nerdy boy with the popular girl, but thanks to the chemistry between Bilson and Brody, who were dating at the time, the couple swiftly distinguished themselves from the general trope.

Bilson still gets asked about Seth and Summer years after The OC ended its run, and episodes like the season 2 episode 14, “The Rainy Day Women,” are part of the reason why. Considered one of The OC’sbest, “The Rainy Day Women” features the memorable Spider-Man kiss between Seth and Summer. The scene, of course, takes after the Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire kiss in 2002’s Spider-Man, and the moment signifies that Seth and Summer are back together after they’d spent half a season apart.

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Recalling the moment for the Welcome To The OC, Bitches! podcast, with co-host Melinda Clarke and their guest, series creator Josh Schwartz, Bilson agrees with Schwartz that The OC's Spider-Man kiss wasn’t fun to film. The showrunner recalls how Brody’s blood rushed to his head, due to his hanging upside down, and how it was a physically challenging shoot. For her part, Bilson notes that the kiss itself wasn’t exactly a pleasant experience, either. Check out her full quote below:

Let me just tell everybody: kissing upside down is incredibly awkward. Not romantic. Wet. I remember the taste