 Series creator Rob Thomas thought that the character would be a perfect role for Rudd , stating that he would perform it in a British accent and had high expectations for the comedy of the episode because it was being written by Enbom . However , Thomas did not release any details about Rudd 's plot line in the episode before its airing . Rudd compared his character to Andrew Ridgeley and Peter O 'Toole . In the scene in which Veronica meets Desmond , the film of camera angles while Kristen Bell was speaking were inadvertently destroyed , leading to these camera angles being filmed nearly six weeks later . Bell had to speak her lines without Rudd present . 
