Lena Dunham on fatphobia, dating advice and her new London rom-com Too Much

Dunham's latest project is a Netflix rom-com loosely based on her life over the last few years.
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But her latest project - a Netflix rom-com loosely based on her life over the last few years - is set on the other side of the Atlantic.
Too Much follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), who moves from New York to London after breaking up with her boyfriend, and falls in love with punk musician Felix (Will Sharpe).
Just as Dunham did when she moved to London in 2021, Jessica quickly learns the important things about the UK: everybody loves Paddington, the Jaffa Cake debate is highly contentious (it's definitely a biscuit) and a "housing estate" isn't the sprawling gardens of a lavish manor house.
Dunham tells the BBC that while Too Much has "superficial similarities" to her life and is "about 5% autobiographical", she didn't see herself ever playing the show's protagonist in the way she did in Girls.
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