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Lena Dunham Acknowledges Girls’ Diversity Failures and Champions Inclusion in Netflix’s Too Much

She is integrating underrepresented voices on screen, behind the camera, in the writers’ room to reshape her storytelling approach

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Overview

  • Dunham admitted that Girls’s all-white principal cast fell short of reflecting the range of female experiences in New York City.
  • She said the series’s monolithic title set an expectation of universality that the original ensemble could not fulfill.
  • For Too Much, she has cast Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe in leading roles to represent a wider set of backgrounds.
  • In her capacity as producer, writer and director, Dunham has assembled a diversified creative team including writers and directors from underrepresented communities.
  • Too Much, a romantic comedy following a New York workaholic’s journey to London, is set to debut on Netflix July 10, 2025.