LOADING ERROR LOADING Love for Marnie Michaels is getting stronger — and Allison Williams has “a theory” as to why. Vanity Fair recently set up a reunion between Williams and “The Bear” star Ebon Moss-Bachrach to reminisce about their time working together on the critically acclaimed but polarizing HBO comedy “ Girls .” “The whole show got a lot of flak when it was airing for everyone being too selfish and self-centered,” Williams lamented to Moss-Bachrach nearly seven minutes into their chat.
Advertisement But Williams and Moss-Bachrach did indeed play two seemingly insufferable characters in the comedy that starred Lena Dunham, who was also its creator. The “M3gan” star portrayed the entitled and delusional Marnie for five years on the show, which aired from 2012 to 2017. Moss-Bachrach played the recurring character Desi, Marnie’s bandmate and boyfriend-turned-husband-turned-ex who exudes the image of a sensitive artist but lacks any real depth.
In the show, Marnie and Desi start a mediocre folk duo called Marnie & Desi and croon songs packed with cringey lyrics and don pretentious and bizarre titles, like “Oaxaca Blues.” Advertisement Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Allison Williams on the set of "Girls" on June 7, 2016, in New York City. Bobby Bank via Getty Images Despite the two playing characters that were meant to be satirical takes on white, upper-middle-class millennials, that intent flew over many viewers’ heads at the time the series was airin.