The “Girls” alum is focused on her semi-autobiographical Netflix series “Too Much,” a project in which she shied away from casting herself as the lead.
that she is no longer attached to direct Mattel’s Polly Pocket movie, explaining that she decided to pull out after seeing Greta Gerwig’s“I think Greta managed this incredible feat, which was to make this thing that was literally candy to so many different kinds of people and was perfectly and divinely Greta,” Dunham said.
“And I just—I felt like, unless I can do it that way, I’m not going to do it. I don’t think I have that in me. I feel like the next movie I make needs to feel like a movie that I absolutely have to make. No one but me could make it. And I did think other people could makeThe Polly Pocket adaptation was announced back in 2021, with Dunham tapped to write and direct and’ Lily Collins set to star and co-produce.
“What a fucking gift that is,” she continued. “And Nora Ephron, too, who was such a mentor to me, but always said, ‘Go be weird. Don’t kowtow to anyone.’”that the project is still in active development. “We look forward to sharing updates on the project soon,” the spokesperson said. “Lena is a remarkable writer and creator and we wish her all the best!”
So what’s next for Dunham, if not Polly? She’s focused on post-production for her semi-autobiographical Netflix seriesconcerns the trials and travails of “a thirtysomething American woman who moves to London and falls in love with a British musician,” according toDunham told the magazine that, despite the show being in lockstep with her own life, she shied away from casting herself in the lead role. It was partly because Stalter—“a little Meryl Streep”—was so good, but there was another factor.
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