Rachel Bilson opened up about what it was really like to be on such a hit show in the early 2000s for "Welcome to the O.C.," a book that lifts the curtain on the megahit television show. As retold by PEOPLE, Bilson and her boyfriend at the time, co-star Adam Brody, were attending "TRL" in 2004 along with none other than the Olsen twins, Ashley and Mary Kate. Brody was just as huge a star then, and Bilson recalls him "getting swarmed by a mass mob."
The "Take Two" actor was frozen in her tracks at the Times Square studio until Ashley and Mary Kate "rescued me and threw me in their car," she said. "I left Brody behind because I was so nervous and didn't know what to do." She was so overwhelmed that her boyfriend's peril might have temporarily slipped her mind; she admitted the Olsen twins "were like, 'Don't you need to get your boyfriend?' And I was like, 'Oh, yeah, we've got to go get him.'"
At another point in the tell-all book, Brody stated that he couldn't recall many instances of "Brodymania" with out-of-control fans, explaining that he "felt in a bubble." But the incident definitely stood out in Bilson's mind, potentially because two iconic child actors swooped in to save the day. Mary Kate and Ashley had a practical novel of credits under their belt at that time compared to Bilson.
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