Have you ever been told you’re just “Too Much,” especially from an ex? Well, leave it to the “voice of a generation” Lena Dunham to capture that feeling all too well with her aptly titled Netflix rom-com series.
Megan Stalter leads “Too Much” as a Dunham-esque character. The “Hacks” breakout star plays Jessica, who relocates from New York to London while reeling from a breakup. Despite planning on being alone forever, Jessica soon meets Felix (“The White Lotus” star Will Sharpe), who challenges her to reevaluate her thirty-something crisis.
Dunham co-created the series with her real-life husband, Luis Felber, who also serves as an executive producer and provides original music. The 10-episode show was announced in 2023. Dunham is the creator, writer, director and executive producer.
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The official synopsis of “Too Much” reads: Jessica (Stalter) is “a New York workaholic in her mid-30s, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behavior, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Brontë sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) — a walking series of red flags — she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask themselves: do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language?”
“Girls” alums Rita Wilson and Andrew Rannells also star, along with Andrew Scott, Emily Ratajkowski, Naomi Watts, Stephen Fry, Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Leo Reich, Daisy Bevan, Adele Exarchopoulos, Dean-Charles Chapman, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Rhea Perlman, Kaori Momoi, and Adwoa Aboah.
“This is a show that is very close to my heart — created with my husband Luis, cast with my favourite actors — the geniuses that are Meg and Will, along with a bevy of friends — and partnering again with Working Title, who are behind the romantic comedies that formed me,” Dunham said in a press statement. “Netflix has been so deeply supportive of the vision, which is to create a romantic comedy that makes us root for love, brings joy but also has the jagged edges of life.”
Dunham later said during a Next on Netflix event that the lead characters, Jessica and Felix, were inspired by her own life. Dunham added of lead actress Stalter, “What I love about Meg is she has this warmth and openness and this sort of Midwestern charm that just makes her inherently likable. And even when she’s, you know, acting naughty or hysterical or making well-meaning mistakes, you are still on her side. And that’s what we needed for this role.”
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael Cohen, Surian Fletcher-Jones, and Bruce Eric Kaplan executive produce “Too Much.” Camilla Bray produces. The series comes from Dunham’s Good Thing Going banner and Universal International Studios’ Working Title Television. Dunham also has a college-centric spy series in the works at Netflix, with which Good Thing Going has an ongoing partnership.
Dunham will next direct a feature about the rise and fall of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Dunham will adapt the screenplay from Michael Lewis’ New York Times-bestselling book, “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.” The Apple Original film comes in partnership with A24.
“Too Much” start streaming on Netflix onThursday, July 10. Check out first look images below.
