Lena Dunham took a step away from several projects – including an upcoming Netflix series Too much – to avoid unwanted comments on your body.
“I don’t want to have another experience like what I’ve experienced around Girls at this time in my life,” Dunham, 38, said in a profile with New Yorkers published on Tuesday, July 9. It’s a tough choice.”
Dunham, who co-created it Too much with his wife, Luis Felberexplain that it is not a difficult decision to make Megan Stalter was the main role since he knew she “wanted” him from the start. However, Dunham admitted that after facing public scrutiny over her appearance while starring on her hit show, the girlswhich aired for six seasons on HBO, he did not want to put himself front and center.
“I used to think that winning meant you just keep doing it and you don’t care what other people think,” he admits. “I forgot that winning is really about protecting yourself and doing what you have to do to get the job done.”
Don’t be ashamed to love yourself. Fortunately, more Hollywood stars than ever are preaching this message, and they won’t let their body-shaming comments get in their way anymore. Lizzo has been vocal about trying to help people accept all body sizes. “I want to normalize myself. And not just be like, ‘Ooh, look this is cool (…)
While Dunham remains a creator and executive producer, she added that she knew Stalter was perfect for the role and that she was “inspired” by his previous work.
“He’s unbelievable; I’m going to be blown away. We know how funny he is. But, then, when he goes into a dramatic scene, you’re like, ‘Oh, we got a little Meryl Streep in our hands!’” he gushed. “I think a lot about, like, What allows women to be so complex on TV and still be embraced and seen and understood? There’s an openness to Meg’s presence that I think goes a long way. She has the opposite of a dog’s face. She has the face of an angel. who rests.”
In addition to walking away from the TV screen, Dunham revealed that he also did not participate in it Polly Pocket which is set for the stars Lily Collins.
“I won’t make it Polly Pocket puppet. I wrote the script, and I worked on it for three years,” he told the outlet. “But I remember someone once saying to me Nancy Meyers: The most amazing thing about him is the film he made or the film he will make with or without a studio, with or without notes — that somehow his sense can intersect perfectly with what the world wants. Is it a king’s gift.”
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Dunham shared when Greta Gerwig has “extraordinary” achievements with Barbie film, he did not see himself participating in it Polly Pocketwhich is also a good Mattel brand, has the same appeal.
“I feel like, unless I can do something like that, I’m not going to do it. I don’t think I have it in me,” he admitted. “I feel like the next movie I make should be like the movie I really have to make. No one but me can make it. And I think other people can make it Polly Pocket.”
A Polly Pocket The film was officially announced in July 2023 after its success Barbie. Dunham, who has been involved with the project since 2021, is set to write and direct the film while Collins will star and produce the project.
