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Scott Speedman initially thought Keri Russell was miscast for Felicity: 'I thought it was supposed to be this nerd''

'Felicity' star Scott Speedman recalls thinking Keri Russell wasn't nerdy enough to play the lead role in the hit WB drama.

But when Scott Speedman first got the job playing Keri Russell's love interest on the WB's Felicity back in 1998, he thought producers had cast the wrong actress in the titular role. Two years before Felicity premiered, Russell had her breakthrough role in Malibu Shores, a short-lived (but deeply loved by those of us who watched it) primetime soap on NBC. The drama also helped build the WB network, home to Dawson's Creek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Charmed, into a teen-TV powerhouse.

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