One of Kristen Bell's most successful roles is as the detective Veronica Mars. The actress played Mars for three seasons on TV starting in 2004, and season 4 of the cult show was released on Hulu in 2019.
Season 1 revolves around Veronica Mars, a high school student and private investigator in the fictional Southern California seaside town of Neptune
The show is near and dear to many people's hearts, including Kristen Bell. The show was so popular The Marshmallows, (the nickname for the series' superfans), raised a record $5.7 million for the show to be made into a movie in 2014 thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. "This fan base is the best long term relationship I've ever been in," Bell has joked.
8 Veronica Mars Is A Superhero With No Cape
"Rob calls her a superhero without a cape, which is really a great way to describe her," Kristen Bell said about show creator Rob Thomas. "And Veronica's superpower is that she does not care what anyone else thinks about her. She cares what she thinks about her, which I think is a really healthy way to live."
She has praised Rob for understanding her and the connection she has with the writer. "I remembered that I have a connection with (creator) Rob Thomas that I don’t have with any other writer. I feel as though he’s writing words that are already in my brain. He’s the only writer where I never struggle with memorization. He can write me an entire page of dialogue, I’ll read it through twice, and never have to look at it again."
" It doesn’t make sense to me. Our relationship was sprinkled in fairy dust. It was meant to be. It’s so cool! And I forgot about that. So, working with him again made my heart swell."
7 Veronica Mars Is A Role Model For Kristen Bell's Daughters
Kristen Bell became a mother in the fifteen years between Veronica Mars seasons. When she chose to join season 4, she had to make the decision to leave her two young children at home.
"Ultimately, I made the decision that I want this girl, Veronica Mars, to be representation for other women, young girls ... men, boys, anybody," Bell revealed. "I want her to exist, and I want her to exist for my daughters."
"But in my heart, I know, I knew, that you're gonna have this as a reference, and it's going to be a marker in your life, the way that, like, our parents looked at Mary Tyler Moore or any woman who, sort of, paved a new way," she said.
"So I said, 'Okay, I will be a really hard-working mom right now. I'll let my husband take care of bedtimes for six months,'" she said.
6 What Is Kristen Bell's Favorite On Set Memory Of Veronica Mars?
When promoting her recent Netflix show The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, she spoke about Veronica Mars' legacy.
"I have a terrible memory, so to get something specific out of me is going to be like cracking into a safe. Well, anytime I got to work with Ryan Hansen [who played Dick] was a great memory because we ended up becoming best friends, and then roommates, and now are godparents to each other's kids."
Bell responded when asked about her favorite line: "Oh my god. I mean, it's hard to stray from, “You know what they say about Veronica Mars, she's a marshmallow.” I [also] have fond memories of, “Buy me a pony?”
5 Does Kristen Bell Support Logan And Veronica On Veroncia Mars?
Logan's romance with Veronica has not always been the most liked on Veronica Mars. Many people are questioned if he is a suitable
"Look: Prior to this series on Hulu, I was not 100 percent Team Logan," Kristen Bell admits. "Because if Veronica were my daughter or my best friend, I’d want her to be with someone who doesn’t have as many…issues that haven’t been worked through as Logan. But this is a different Logan."
4 Kristen Bell Grew Up With Veronica Mars
Kristen Bell played Veronica Mars for many years, getting married to fellow actor Dax Shephard and becoming a mother as the show aired.
When promoting the reboot, she said "This show has much more adult characters, in a much more adult world—which I think is great, because Veronica’s audience has grown up. We’re not opposed to new teenagers watching the show, but the ones who did initially are all grown up now."
She added, "But this show is not that. This show has much more adult characters, in a much more adult world—which I think is great, because Veronica’s audience has grown up. We’re not opposed to new teenagers watching the show, but the ones who did initially are all grown up now."
"I mean, you’re looking at a girl who’s incredibly jaded, carries a firearm, has a healthy sex life; that’s what you’re watching now. It’s not the old CW show."
3 What Did Kristen Bell Think Of That Veronica Mars Ending
Season 4 of Veronica Mars ended in a huge shocker. Logan, played by Jason Dohring, dies in an explosion, which upset fans and started an online petition.
Kristen Bell admitted the angry response to the death was "bigger" than she had expected. She also commented that the controversial moment was good for the series, arguing that "without conflict, there is no show".
"It was bigger than I expected," she said of the fan's reaction. "Some people had Veronica Mars as their avatar and then used a cross-out symbol. I was like, 'This hurt people'."
"If she had a perfect relationship, there wouldn't be a show," she added.
2 How Kristen Bell Felt About Returning As Veronica Mars
Kristen Bell loves playing Veronica Mars as much as we love watching her play her.
"I was pinching myself, the whole time. I just was so lucky to have an excuse to see all those people again," she explained to Collider upon the reboot. That project profoundly affects me, all the time. I love that character. I’m really, really lucky that there are a fair amount of people who feel the same way. Veronica Mars affects them, and they want to see more of her, and I was happy to be sharing that boat with people."
1 How Long Does Kristen Bell Want To Play Veronica Mars For?
"I told Rob Thomas that I will do Veronica Mars until it’s Murder, She Wrote," Kristen Bell has revealed, exciting fans as Lansbury was in her 70s when the show ended. "I will keep doing this show until everyone in Neptune is dead. And then the big reveal [in the eventual series finale] is that Veronica‘s the criminal; she killed everyone! . . . As long as the fans want more, I will try to do it again."
Despite Kristen Bell’s love of her iconic character and the adoration from fans, there isn’t going to be a season 5. At least not anytime soon.
