Our 13 Favorite Veronica Mars Guest Stars

From gossip girls to citizens of Pawnee, here are our thirteen favorite Veronica Mars guest spots, in no particular order.

9-10. Leighton Meester as Carrie Bishop and Adam Scott as Mr. Rooks (Season 1 Episode 14 “Mars vs. Mars”)

Ironically called the “gossip queen of Neptune High,” Carrie Bishop was portrayed by Leighton Meester, who would go on to star in the hugely popular series Gossip Girl several years later. Carrie also appeared briefly in the Veronica Mars film, but was played by a different actress when Meester was unable to fill the role.

Carrie Bishop first appeared as an ’09er who accused Veronica’s favorite teacher, Mr. Rooks, of having an affair with her. Mr. Rooks was played by Adam Scott. Scott would later go on to star in another Rob Thomas classic series, Party Down, and as Leslie Knope’s beau Ben Wyatt in the much-loved sitcom Parks and Recreation. Smarmy Mr. Rooks was nothing like our beloved Ben Wyatt.

7-8. Alia Shawkat as Stacy Wells and Michael Cera as Dean Rudolph (Season 2 Episode 16 “The Rapes of Graff”)

Shawkat and Cera appeared on the series as college students involved in the first iteration of the rape storyline at Hearst, shortly after their own show Arrested Development was cancelled. Fun fact: Arrested Development actually referenced Veronica Mars, and Rob Thomas was such a huge fan of the show that he contacted them and asked them to be on VM almost immediately after AD was canceled.

6. Joss Whedon as Douglas the car rental manager (Season 2 Episode 6 “Rat Saw God”)

It’s one thing to have obsessive fans of your show, but when your fans include a fellow enormously successful screenwriter/showrunner? That’s on another level. Apparently, Whedon, the creator of Tell-Tale TV fave Buffy the Vampire Slayer and director ofThe Avengers was such a big fan of Veronica Mars (and gushed about it so publicly) that creator Rob Thomas contacted Whedon and asked if he’d like to do a cameo. The rest was history.

5. Kevin Smith as store clerk Duane Anders (Season 2 Episode 2 “Driver Ed”)

Much like the Whedon cameo, Kevin Smith was asked on because of his outspoken love of the series. The writers managed to tie in Smith’s appearance by having him appear as a store clerk– a fun and obvious reference to his film Clerks, the 1994 classic that catapulted Smith to fame as a director, writer, and actor.

 

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