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FACT FILE Working and chilling It takes five to seven days to film onset with just one episode of The OC.The actors work from between six to sixteen hours a day. Each actor has their own dressing room. They go there when they’re not filming. ‘It’s really funny,’ says Adam, ‘Each room has a sofa, a phone and a It’s a top TV show and is now in small table but the girls’ rooms are its third series. The beaches are really different to the guys’. The girls’ rooms are like bedrooms – they’ve beautiful, the people are got candles, and posters on the beautiful and the parties are walls. My room hasn’t got anything wild! So what happens on set like that in it!’ on the coolest TV show around? All of the actors love Forget the sunscreen! to listen to Most of The OC is filmed inside in a specially designed set. As we know, in The OC the sun always shines but real life does have cloudy days. By filming inside, the crew don’t have to worry about the weather – they make their own weather with special lights and equipment.

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music in their rooms. Ben likes presents in her dressing room and country music and Rachel plays hip- Adam put one of the dead frogs into hop. Mischa’s a Radiohead fan and a box. It looked like a present. So, Adam likes indie bands. Chris plays Rachel went home and opened her his own music on his guitar. presents and there was the dead frog! It was gross! Rachel called me Birthdays and dead frogs! and she was screaming, ‘We’ve got The OC stars are all good to do something to Adam!’ She friends, and enjoy having knew it was him! fun together. Adam is Who’s who? the joker of the group. Ryan: Ben McKenzie The kiss There’s lots of kissing ‘We always remember Marissa: Mischa Barton in The OC but what’s it birthdays and we buy Seth: Summer: Rachel Bilson like for the actors? cakes and presents,’ Luke: says Mischa. ‘When it ‘Kissing someone for a was Rachel’s birthday, we job is strange,’ says Ben. were filming in the school ‘It’s not romantic at all! There biology room. We were cutting up are usually about 100 dead frogs. Rachel had lots of people watching you. You have to forget that they’re there.’

Do you watch The OC? What do you like or dislike about it?

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