Actor Kristen Bell reflects on a challenging time in her career when Veronica Mars was canceled. The show, which ran from 2004 to 2007, followed teenage sleuth Veronica (Bell) navigating complex cases in her small town of Neptune, California. Around the same time, Bell filmed the 2008 romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, where she played the titular character opposite Jason Segel and Mila Kunis.

Bell recapped the moment when Veronica Mars' abrupt ending coincided with shooting the pivotal breakup scene in Forgetting Sarah Marshall during an interview with Vanity Fair. Despite the transition from a drama series to a comedy film, Bell's experience during that period was marked by the bittersweet task of moving on from a character she embodied for years. Check out her interview below:

That morning I had received an email that Veronica Mars was canceled, so the irony was so thick because I think I was just talking in...