Mischa’s debut as Marissa in The O.C. hit screens in 2003, when she was 17. She beforehand spoke about feeling pressured to lose her virginity throughout The O.C. in a 2021 private essay, writing, “I finally did the deed. I really feel somewhat responsible as a result of I let it occur. I felt a lot strain to have intercourse, not simply from him, however society on the whole.”
In a brand new episode of Name Her Daddy, Mischa was requested what it was like being considerably youthful than a few of her costars. “It was a bit difficult for everybody. I used to be experiencing all my firsts and I used to be so younger and my mother can be on set,” she replied. “I simply wanted much more consideration in that sense as a result of I had my mother there and there was stuff occurring, and I used to be simply ending up faculty.”
Then, when host Alexandra Cooper requested Mischa what it was like appearing in a romantic storyline reverse a 25-year-old Ben, Mischa stated, “It wasn’t simply onscreen.”
“It was sophisticated for me. I went into {that a} virgin, a child, actually feeling like I wanted to develop up rapidly,” she continued. “Appearing with folks older than me was a bit like, ‘Oh wow. They know what they’re doing. And there’s gonna be relationships on this present and also you’re gonna must play that half,’ and I didn’t really feel actually prepared for that as a result of I used to be at all times a extremely late bloomer in class and I hadn’t actually dated.”
“That was my first — I had no concept what I used to be doing,” Mischa recalled. “I believe that type of set issues off on the unsuitable foot, too, as a result of it was like — you already know folks hook up on these exhibits and no matter, these items occur, but it surely was — we threw ourselves all into it very quick.”
Including that there was “notoriously” a number of “interdating” on the present, she stated, “It positively was difficult that it occurred proper out of the gate and I felt overwhelmed and never prepared for any of that.”
“I keep in mind they had been like, ‘Mischa’s disappeared with Ben and he or she’s solely 17.5, 18,’ and the producers went to my mother and father and had been like — it was type of a complete ordeal. And that is within the very starting of the present, earlier than we had been even midway by way of a season,” Mischa stated, saying that the three years she spent on the present felt like seven.
She additional stated that the manufacturing crew supported her socializing with Ben within the identify of “chemistry,” however that she was concurrently “punished” for it as soon as “it impacts manufacturing.”
Mischa stated that she was the one to finish issues, citing the “overwhelming” nature of the connection that she wasn’t “mature sufficient” for. When it got here to appearing after the break up, she stated, “We simply needed to suck it up and get on with it, however there was a number of jabs behind the scenes and off digicam. I felt like that ostracized me as nicely, as a result of there was a marked distinction in maturity stage.”
You’ll be able to hearken to the total episode right here.