Lena Dunham has revealed body shaming while making Girls stopped her from starring in her new Netflix series Too Much. The 38-year-old actor, who has written the upcoming series, told The New Yorker she was “just not up for having my body dissected again”, and added she would also not be performing in any of her other forthcoming projects. Too Much is planned to be released in 2025, and follows an American woman in her 30s, who relocates to London and falls in love with a British musician.
The series mirrors Dunham’s life, as the New York native now lives in London with her husband, British Peruvian musician Luis Felber, after they married in 2021. Initially, the actor said she planned to play the main role herself, but eventually decided to cast Megan Stalter in the role. She said: “I used to think that winning meant you just keep doing it and you don’t care what anybody thinks.
“I forgot that winning is actually just protecting yourself and doing what you need to do to keep making work. “What makes me feel powerful is making my work. It’s the only thing I want to do.
” Dunham said she was “inspired” by Stalter while working with her, describing the actor as “a little Meryl Streep”. She added: “I was very inspired by her, she’s unbelievable. I think people are going to be so blown away.
“I also think that I was not willing to have another experience like what I’d experienced around Girls at this point in my life. “Physically, I was just not.