When Lena Dunham sold her Bafta- and Golden Globe-winning series Girls to HBO, which gave a more nuanced and realistic portrayal of four 20-something women navigating life in New York.
Landing a deal with HBO at the tender age of 23, Lena Dunham’s Girls offered an authentic glimpse into the lives of four 20-somethings in New York City, bagging both Bafta and Golden Globe accolades along the way.
After wrapping up Girls in 2017, Lena Dunham has been busy directing comedic gems such as Catherine Called Birdy with stars Bella Ramsey and Andrew Scott, and helming the pilot for the dramatic series Industry.
Now, aged 39 and a decade on from the Girls finale, Dunham is gearing up for her latest venture, Too Much. The 10-episode rom-com extravaganza ropes in The White Lotus’s Will Sharpe and Hacks sensation Megan Stalter. In collaboration with her beau, English rockstar Luis Felber, the show takes a leaf out of their own romantic tale.
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According to Dunham, “I think the inspiration for it all came from our lives, and once you start writing, you discover who the characters are and embark on a journey that departs from it.” She says, “I always like to write from a place that starts with the personal, because I believe personal stories are universal, and then see what it has in store for me,” and that she enjoys spinning tales from personal threads.
Jessica and Sharpe’s Felix will follow Stalter, a dedicated New Yorker hitting the reset button in London following Heartbreak, into their intriguing relationship.
Do Americans and Brits actually communicate in common language? This is explored in Too Much, which explores both their blossoming relationships.
Too Much is described as a love letter to the UK’s capital city by Dunham, who relocated from New York to London in 2021. She said, “I adore everything about London.” I adore the city’s contrast.
Too Much exposes the grittier, less glossy side of London in the same way Girls gave a more unfiltered view of New York. Jessica lives in a council estate in Hoxton, East London, rather than a stately Borough Market apartment like Bridget Jones.
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According to Dunham, “I was obsessed with sex and the city growing up in New York.” “I figured that my oven will be full of Manolo Blahniks when I graduate from university.”
“Then I entered the world as a recession was starting, and so many of my mates were job hunting and living in, you know, literal rooms the size of this tiny table in Brooklyn – and I hadn’t seen that reflected on screen.
“I was fed those same romantic comedies again when I moved to London.” It’s not even about contrasting glamour and non-glamour, in my opinion. Because I have a strong love for the city, I wanted to show every corner of London in a variety of locations.
The eagerly awaited series ‘Too Much’ will drop on Netflix for streaming starting Thursday 10 July.
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