Lena Dunham’s New Netflix Show Is Not ‘Girls’ — But It Is Drawn From Her Real Life
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“Too Much,” which stars Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe, has echoes of Dunham's real-life romance — with a few notable twists.
Thirteen years after “Girls” put her on the Hollywood map, Lena Dunham is back with a new television series, “Too Much,” that’s once again inspired by her real-life experiences. This time, the eight-time Emmy nominee teamed up with British musician Luis Felber, her husband of nearly four years, to create what she describes as a classic “wherever you go, there you are” love story.
The 10-episode series, which premieres on Netflix Thursday, follows Jessica Salmon (played by “Hacks” actor and comedian Megan Stalter), a New Yorker who moves to London after a painful breakup with her boyfriend of seven years, Zev (Michael Zegen).
Not long after her arrival in the British capital, Jessica begins a relationship with a local punk musician, Felix (Will Sharpe of “The White Lotus” fame). By all accounts, Felix is dreamy, attentive and charming. Still, Jessica finds herself driven to the brink of self-sabotage by the Instagram posts of Zev’s new fiancée, Wendy Jones (Emily Ratajkowski), who happens to be a social media influencer.
Though Dunham worked closely with Ratajkowski to ensure Wendy would be a fully fleshed-out character, she was adamant the principal antagonist for most of the show’s first season would be Jessica’s idea of Wendy as viewed through the filters of social media rather than Wendy herself.
“So many of us have done the classic compare-and-despair. It was always something we did, but social media has made it so much easier,” Dunham told HuffPost in an interview. “Women in our culture ... we want to support each other, but then there’s also all of this comparison that causes you to villainize someone or think their reality is somehow easier than yours.”
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