{"id":53010,"date":"2024-06-10T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2054369"},"modified":"2024-06-10T23:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:14:00","slug":"lena-dunham-on-new-series-too-much-im-not-expecting-a-girls-sized-reaction","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/lena-dunham-on-new-series-too-much-im-not-expecting-a-girls-sized-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Lena Dunham on new series Too Much: \u201cI\u2019m not expecting a Girls-sized reaction\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Dunham spoke with this week&#8217;s issue of Radio Times magazine. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 10 June 2024 at 20:00 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Lena Dunham, the creator, writer, and star of the acclaimed HBO comedy-drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/how-girls-will-leave-its-mark-and-the-power-of-its-final-episode\/\">Girls<\/a>, is returning with a brand-new series, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a> romcom called Too Much.<\/p>\n<p>The full cast for the series was announced earlier this year, with Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe in the lead roles. As buzz builds ahead of its debut, Dunham has addressed her own expectations for the audience\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in this week\u2019s issue of <strong>Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Dunham was asked if she was braced for a similar reaction to her previous acclaimed series, to which she said: \u201cI\u2019m not expecting a Girls-sized reaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think every artist should know that in this new world when they make something, even if the response is complicated or even quiet at the time, things can be found by the right audience later and resuscitated for the people who need them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Sharpe and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megstalter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@megstalter<\/a> will lead <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lenadunham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lenadunham<\/a>&#8216;s new rom-com series Too Much!<br\/><br\/>Meet the full cast here \u2935\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oEsutEy7ri\">https:\/\/t.co\/oEsutEy7ri<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Netflix Tudum (@NetflixTudum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixTudum\/status\/1763613923419574503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>Too Much will follow Jessica (Stalter), <span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jfNHbe\">a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties who is isolating from everyone as she reels from a broken relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jfNHbe\">To flee her painful memories she takes a job in London, where she meets Felix (Sharpe), who is described as \u201ca walking series of red flags\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/boarders-renewed-season-2-bbc-newsupdate\/\">Boarders renewed for season 2 after critically acclaimed debut on BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/jennifer-aniston-emotional-reflecting-friends-happy-tears-newsupdate\/\">Jennifer Aniston gets emotional reflecting on Friends: \u201cIt\u2019s happy tears\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jfNHbe\">The official synopsis says: \u201cShe finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jfNHbe\">\u201cNow they have to ask themselves: do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language? From the creator of <\/span><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jtOUQY\">Girls<\/span><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jfNHbe\"> and the producers of <\/span><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jtOUQY\">Love Actually<\/span><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jfNHbe\">, <\/span><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jtOUQY\">Too Much<\/span><span class=\"article-contentstyles__ArticleQuoteText-pei0rm-9 jfNHbe\"> is an ex-pat rom-com for the disillusioned who wonder if true love is still possible, but sincerely hope that it is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Girls ran for six seasons between 2012 and 2017, and followed a group of friends living in Brooklyn.<\/p> <p>Dunham was speaking with <strong>Radio Times magazine<\/strong> about her new film Treasure, which releases in UK cinemas on Friday and in which she stars alongside Stephen Fry.<\/p>\n<p>The film is 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