Mischa Barton Reveals SURPRISING Romance with 'O.C.' Costar _ E! News

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00:00 I wasn't just on screen either.

00:02 Misha Barton reveals she and Ben McKenzie dated in real life

00:06 during their time on the OC.

00:08 The celeb who famously played Marissa Cooper

00:10 on the show for three seasons reveals the details

00:13 on the February 21st episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.

00:17 Sitting down with host Alex Cooper,

00:19 Misha says she and Ben,

00:20 who played her star-crossed lover Ryan Atwood

00:22 on the teen drama,

00:23 briefly formed a romance away from the cameras.

00:26 I didn't realize that the romantic partner

00:29 that you had on your on-screen relationship

00:31 with the character Ryan Atwood, with Marissa,

00:35 you being 17 at the time,

00:36 I didn't realize he was 25.

00:38 And so like, again, as a 17-year-old

00:42 playing across a 25-year-old,

00:44 like that's a pretty big age gap.

00:46 How did you feel about that,

00:47 like romantic on-screen relationship?

00:49 Yeah, I wasn't just on screen either.

00:52 I mean, it was kind of complicated for me

00:55 'cause like I said, like I went into that like a virgin,

00:58 like a kid, like really feeling like I needed

01:01 to grow up quickly to portray like, you know,

01:04 acting with people older than me was a bit like,

01:08 oh wow, like they know what they're doing

01:10 and like there's gonna be like relationships on this show

01:13 and you're gonna need to like play that part.

01:16 And I didn't feel really ready for that

01:18 'cause I was always like a really late bloomer in school

01:21 and I hadn't really dated and I had, yeah,

01:25 I just had like no idea what I was doing really.

01:27 So I felt like I needed to catch up.

01:30 Misha, who has previously been open

01:32 about her rocky time on the series,

01:33 admitted her and Ben's relationship

01:35 may have contributed to the chaos

01:37 because of its whirlwind nature.

01:39 So you had a relationship with your castmate?

01:42 Yeah, I mean, that was my first,

01:44 like I had no idea like what I was doing, you know?

01:48 And I think that kind of set things off on the wrong foot too

01:51 because it was like, you know,

01:52 people hook up on these shows and whatever

01:54 and like these things happen,

01:56 but it was, we threw ourselves all into it very fast.

02:01 And like, then, you know, when you break up

02:03 and like things don't work

02:04 and they see you dating other people

02:06 and you know, like notoriously,

02:08 there was a lot of like interdating on that show

02:11 and different people getting together.

02:14 But I, yeah, it was, it definitely was tricky

02:17 that it happened like right out of the gate

02:20 and that like I felt overwhelmed

02:22 and not ready for any of that.

02:24 Misha and Ben's age gap was also a concern

02:27 for the show staff, according to Barton.

02:29 I remember they were like, Misha's disappeared with Ben

02:32 and like, she's only 17 and a half, 18,

02:35 like and the producers like went to my parents

02:37 and were like, you know, it was like a very,

02:40 it was kind of a whole ordeal.

02:41 And so like, that's in the very beginning of the show

02:44 before we're even like halfway through a season.

02:47 So there was a lot going on there.

02:49 That show, it just, so much happened in three seasons.

02:53 It really feels like it was over the course

02:55 of like seven years or something, but it wasn't.

02:59 It was like all crammed into this tiny little space.

03:02 E! News has reached out to Fox and reps for Ben,

03:05 but has not yet heard back.

03:06 And Misha's good again.

03:11 Hey Misha.

03:14 (upbeat music)

03:16 (upbeat music)

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