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Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Netflix fans 'feel violated' after graphic spitting scene in trailer for new romcom series - gasping 'that really caught me off guard!'
Netflix fans 'felt violated' after a graphic spitting scene in the trailer for a new romcom series - gasping that moment 'really caught them off guard'. Too Much, from the mind of Lena Dunham, stars Megan Stalter (Hacks) as Jessica, a thirty-something, New York workaholic, grappling with a devastating breakup. The ten-part series, coming to the streamer on July 10, sees her move across the pond to London for a fresh start. There, she meets and falls messily in love with Felix, played by Will Sharpe (The White Lotus) - a layabout musician and an entirely unexpected, unlikely match. The trailer dropped on YouTube yesterday - but fans in the comments were shocked by a particular scene in it that jarred with its classic romcom vibe. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Too Much stars Megan Stalter (Hacks), left, as Jessica, a thirty-something, New York workaholic, grappling with a devastating breakup One shot shows Felix spitting into Jessica's mouth as they lie in bed together One shot shows Felix spitting into Jessica's mouth as they lie in bed together - prompting viewers to complain: 'The spitting in mouth scene violated me.'; 'That spitting scene is not gonna leave me for a while now.'; 'OK, I'm not alone. I stopped to read the comments at the spitting scene.'; 'The spitting really caught me off guard OMG.'; 'I felt violently touched after seeing that spitting scene.'; 'What in the spitting jump scare was that?' Punning on the show's title, one said: 'Yeah, the spitting scene was Too Much for me.' But some were not so taken aback by it as others, referring to Lena's most famous TV creation, Girls, which aired on HBO from 2012 to 2017: 'Those of you shocked by the spitting scene have clearly never seen Girls.'; The trailer dropped on YouTube yesterday - but fans in the comments were shocked by a particular scene in it that jarred with its classic romcom vibe But some were not so taken aback by it as others 'As a gay man, that spitting scene is tame. Y'all freakin' over nothing.' Fans were mostly very excited to see the series hit the small screen next month: 'Oh, this actually, genuinely looks good. Is this the start of a Dunhamaissance?'; 'We love a plus-size lead who knows what she wants. So excited for this!'; 'Too Much looks like exactly the kind of chaotic comfort watch I need right now. Who else is ready to binge this entire thing in one sitting?' The romcom boasts a star-studded cast, with Stephen Fry, Andrew Scott, Richard E Grant, Kit Harington, Rita Ora, Jessica Alba, Rhea Perlman, Jennifer Saunders, Emily Ratajkowski, Adwoa Aboah and Lena herself all starring. It is made by the producers of Love Actually and Notting Hill and is co-created by Lena, 39, and her husband, Peruvian-British musician Luis Felber, 38. Lena told Netflix news site Tudum their own love story is similar to Jessica and Felix's: 'When I first started coming to the UK for work... I thought to myself, "I want to write something about the experience of being a foreigner here and the fantasies we have of [London] versus the realities". 'Then, when I met my husband Luis, I felt like I was experiencing all of that but in the context of a relationship.' Fans were mostly very excited to see the series hit the small screen next month But she also said, at a Next on Netflix event in London earlier this year, Megan had made the role of Jessica her own. 'She is truly an old-fashioned physical comedian in the vein of Carol Burnett or Elaine May but she has something really modern and also really sweet about her and she can move between intense comedy and heavy drama with ease', Lena gushed. 'She just felt like the perfect foil to feel how Americans contrast against the people of this nation. 'Because it didn't take very long for me to realise that while you technically speak the same language, there are some vast differences I am still coming to understand.' Megan loves how the show overturned tropes both about romcoms - and how Americans see London: 'The show does a really good job of knowing what it is but then also flipping it on its head.' Her co-star Will agreed: 'It has such an awareness of rom-com... but it also does have some rougher edges. 'That makes the sweeter aspects all the more powerful because there's an honesty to it.' Megan saw herself in her character: 'Jessica and I both wear our hearts on our sleeve. We're emotional, we're dramatic, we're weird and remain that way as adults.' Lena said while the show does have some serious moments, she hoped it could mostly act as a source of escapist joy for viewers. 'You can take a half hour away from your day and feel like you are part of a world that is truthful but just a little more sweet and tender than the actual world we live in,' she explained. Since working on Girls, Lena has continued her acting work, appearing in American Horror Story, The Simpsons and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. She has also kept working as a writer, producer and director, creating American comedy Camping, starring Jennifer Garner and David Tennant. She also directed some episodes of British show Industry, about newbie investment bankers, and wrote 2022 medieval comedy Catherine Called Birdy, starring Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper and Andrew Scott. Lena swapped her $2.8million Los Angeles bungalow for a property in London after marrying Luis in September 2021, at a members-only club in the capital. The pair met in January 2021 on a blind date, which they were set up on by friends. Luis has previously told The New York Times their first date was about eight hours long - and they moved in together just months later. The pair met in January 2021 on a blind date, which they were set up on by friends. Pictured: Lena at their London home 'I think when you know, you know', he said. 'I've only been alive for 35 years in this lifetime, and I think it's another archaic thing for guys to hide their feelings. 'I'm way more into the flow of getting to know the person. 'And I think Lena's the same, and I think - I'm going to sound cheesy - but when you find your soulmate, you just know.'
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Too Much OTT Release Date: When and where to watch Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe's rom-com British series
Too Much OTT Release Date: Get ready to redefine everything you thought you knew about romantic comedies. Lena Dunham's upcoming series is all set to drop on Netflix on July 10, 2025, and it's not your typical girl-meets-boy love story. Starring Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe, this British rom-com series promises love, awkwardness, emotional baggage, and brutally honest storytelling, all wrapped up in ten deeply human, sometimes hilarious, and often uncomfortable episodes. What's Too Much all about? At the heart of Too Much is Jessica, a quirky, overly emotional, and heartbroken workaholic from New York, played by Hacks fame Megan Stalter. After a soul-crushing breakup, she hits pause on her spiralling NYC life and relocates to London for a fresh start. But her plans of living a reclusive life in a new city go sideways when she meets Felix, a moody, dishevelled musician played by The White Lotus' Will Sharpe, who is nothing like the Hugh Grant-style heartthrobs she fantasised about. Instead of charm and candlelit dinners, Jessica finds herself falling for a man who wakes up at noon and doesn't quite have his life together. But it's this very chaos that draws them into each other's orbit. Their love story is messy, uncomfortable, honest, and very real. Who's in the cast? The show is led by Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe, but it also features a star-studded ensemble and plenty of surprising cameos. Expect to see: Andrew Scott (Ripley) Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four) Rita Ora Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous) Stephen Fry (The Dropout) Emily Ratajkowski (Gone Girl) Andrew Rannells (Girls5eva) Adwoa Aboah, Dean-Charles Chapman, Richard E. Grant, and more. Who created Too Much? Too Much is co-created by Lena Dunham (creator of Girls) and her husband, Luis Felber, who also lends original music to the series through his band Attawalpa. The production team includes heavyweights like Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner (of Love Actually fame), Bruce Eric Kaplan (Girls), Michael P. Cohen, Surian Fletcher-Jones, and Camilla Bray. It's a collaboration between Working Title Television and Good Thing Going, under Universal International Studios.
Daily Mail
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Andrew Rannells delights fans with major revelation about role in Lena Dunham's new Netflix romcom Too Much
Andrew Rannells has revealed that he plays Lena Dunham 's on-screen husband in her upcoming Netflix romcom Too Much, which will no doubt delight fans of the acclaimed television series Girls. The 46-year-old actor is among the star-studded cast of the hotly anticipated 10-part series, helmed by comedian and Hacks actress Meg Stalter and White Lotus star Will Sharpe. The new show will be the first time Andrew has appeared alongside Lena, 39, on the small screen since they starred together in her award-winning show Girls, which ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017. Fans of Girls will recall how Andrew played Elijah Krantz in the coming-of-age HBO hit, Hannah Horvath's (Dunham) gay ex-boyfriend. But in Too Much, scheduled to premiere on Netflix on July 10, Andrew spilled that he and Lena have leveled up their on-screen relationship to play husband and wife. Speaking exclusively to on the red carpet at the premiere for I Don't Understand You in New York City on Monday night, Andrew recalled reuniting with Lena for the project and shared huge details about his new role for the first time. 'It was very fun to get to make with her,' he gushed. 'We're sort of the grownups now.' 'I play Lena's husband, who is also Meg Stalter's boss,' he continued. 'So, I have like a fun dual role that I get to play. So, Elijah and Hannah have grown up and are now married!' Lena created, wrote, and starred in the HBO television series Girls, which received critical praise and won numerous awards. The series, which followed four women living New York City, also starred Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, and Zosia Mamet, and notably launched the career of Adam Driver. Too Much, created by Lena and her husband Luis Felber, follows Jessica (Meg Stalter), a New Yorker who heads to London in the wake of a painful breakup. 'There, she meets Felix (Sharpe). The pair build a connection that surprises Jessica… but is impossible to ignore,' the synopsis teases. Besides Meg, Will, Lena, and Andrew, the cast also features appearances form model Emily Ratajkowski, Saltburn's Richard E. Grant, and model and actress Adwoa Aboah. Rita Wilson, Rhea Perlman, and Stephen Fry also star. Last year, Lena spoke candidly about why she decided to cast Meg instead of herself in the semi-autobiographical series. 'I was not willing to have another experience like what I'd experienced around [my HBO series Girls] at this point in my life,' she explained to the New Yorker. 'Physically, I was just not up for having my body dissected again. It was a hard choice, not to cast Meg — because I knew I wanted Meg — but to admit that to myself.' '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.' Lena continued: 'I remember looking at Meg and being, like, "You are my muse. You inspire me every single day to go home and tap out pages upon pages." 'I definitely don't want to be my own muse.' Andrew pictured with his I Don't Understand You costars Amanda Seyfried, Nick Kroll and Morgan Spector at the New York premiere on Monday night Besides his role in Too Much, Andrew stars alongside Nick Kroll in the upcoming comedy movie I Don't Understand You, which hits theaters on June 6. Written and directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, the film follows an American couple, Dom (Kroll) and Cole (Rannells), who embark on a picture-perfect Italian vacation before their impending adoption but find themselves lost in a foreign land with no cell service, zero comprehension of the language, and escalating turmoil that could explode at any moment. 'I worked with Nick on Big Mouth, that he created, and Nick also plays my character's hormone monster, so we already had like a very nice relationship,' Andrew said of reuniting with Nick. 'So, this was it was nice to get to explore that as humans. I'm thrilled that people like us together.'
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lena Dunham Series ‘Too Much' Gets Release Date, First Look at Netflix
Lena Dunham is making her return to television. Netflix has revealed a first look and release date for Dunham's new series 'Too Much.' Starring Meg Stalter, Will Sharpe, Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski and Adwoa Aboah, the series will debut globally on Netflix July 10. More from Variety Tom Segura's Mom Roasts His Netflix Comedy 'Bad Thoughts': 'It's an Insult to Humanity' (EXCLUSIVE) Lovie Simone Isn't Done With 'Forever': 'I Don't Think This Is the End' 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' Is Getting Pulled by Netflix The official synopsis for 'Too Much' reads: 'Jessica (Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, 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 behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte 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? From the creator of Girls and the producers of Love Actually, Too Much is an ex-pat rom-com for the disillusioned who wonder if true love is still possible, but sincerely hope that it is.' Created by Dunham and Luis Felber, 'Too Much' is written, directed, and executive produced by Dunham, with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael P. Cohen, Surian Fletcher-Jones and Bruce Eric Kaplan serving as additional executive producers. 'Too Much' is produced by Working Title Television and Good Thing Going Productions and Universal International Studios. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
