The OC's Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody share selfie from impromptu reunion

The former co-stars crossed paths at the airport
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The OC’s Rachel Bilson shared a selfie with her former co-star Adam Brody as the pair bumped into each other at JFK airport.

The TV stars played love interests Summer Roberts and Seth Cohen on the hit teen drama, which aired from 2003 to 2007, and also dated for three years while filming the show.

Writing on Instagram, Bilson revealed that she had bumped into her ex at the New York airport before flying to Los Angeles.

She and Brody posed for a picture to mark their impromptu reunion, with Bilson pulling her tongue out in the snap.

Brody smiled for the camera and put his arm around his former girlfriend.

“Ran into my ol buddy from jfk to lax,” she wrote, adding the hashtag “#californiaherewecome” in a reference to The OC’s theme tune California by Phantom Planet.

The OC’s creator Josh Schwartz chimed in with a playful comment, telling Bilson that he “didn’t get the reference,” prompting the actress to hit back with: “Well played Schwartz, well played.”

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Fans were delighted to see the former co-stars back together and shared their hopes for an OC reboot.

“Incredible. I feel an OC reunion coming on,” one wrote, while another added: “If thats [sic] not a sign you should do a reboot… I don’t know what is.”

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“I’m not coping! Seth and Summer reunited,” a third commented, while others joked that the nostalgic post had prompted them to revisit the show’s theme song.

“My heart just exploded. ‘Alexa, play Phantom Planet,’” one wrote as another asked: “Why am I hearing phantom planet in my head?”

The OC aired on Fox in the US and on E4 in the UK and charted the lives and loves of a group of privileged teenagers living in Newport Beach in California’s Orange County.

Following her split from Brody, Bilson dated Star Wars star Hayden Christensen from 2007 to 2017. They are parents to a four-year-old daughter named Briar Rose.

Brody is married to actress Leighton Meester and shares four-year-old daughter Arlo with the Gossip Girl star.