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Lena Dunham returning to TV with 'White Lotus' heartthrob Will Sharpe
Lena Dunham's new show 'Too Much' will star Will Sharpe and Megan Stalter as two people who meet in London and begin an unexpected romance.
Lena Dunham returning to TV with 'White Lotus' heartthrob Will Sharpe
Lena Dunham's new show 'Too Much' will star Will Sharpe and Megan Stalter as two people who meet in London and begin an unexpected romance.ew.com
Lol
its amazing how yall dont see how we got here.
anyway, im hopeful we are in the latter stages of the fem phase and now it wont be a trend and level out. the sex and the city, me too, amy schumer shit is not as poppin to younger girls. they are now complaining that they want more manly men.
anyway, im hopeful we are in the latter stages of the fem phase and now it wont be a trend and level out. the sex and the city, me too, amy schumer shit is not as poppin to younger girls. they are now complaining that they want more manly men.
A “Manly Man” to them is a nice way of saying “Sugar Daddy”.
entitled lazy hoes with community snatch that wont do house work. children of fems do not want to work like a man or behave like a traditional woman. you end up with women craving for male attention thats less now in a social media world where attention is capital.
We have all seen these latest videos of chicks demanding men to buy their groceries, pay their bills and take them to 5 Star restaurants on the first date.
These young women have given up on the Oprah narrative of “Be A Independent Woman, You Don’t Need No Man”.
And it doesn’t help with these politicians and corporations doing everything possible to make women’s lives miserable with abortion, pay disparity and cutting the social safety net that women depend on.
I wish you’d forget more often . FOH!!!!
Allison Williams recalls Lena Dunham choreographing 'Girls' ass-eating scene: 'That should have been someone else's job'
Allison Williams remembers watching Lena Dunham and co-showrunner Jenni Konner choreographing season 4's infamous ass-eating scene: 'They were busy.'
Allison Williams recalls Lena Dunham acting out infamous
Dunham choreographed the infamous scene for the HBO show's fourth season with co-showrunner Jenni Konner.By Mekishana Pierre
Published on June 25, 2025 05:51PM EDT
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Allison Williams in 'Girls'.Credit:
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Allison Williams is looking back on her salad days.
Reflecting on her days working on the Emmy-winning HBO series, Girls, Williams noted how the show operated in a time before intimacy coordinators became more commonplace on set in the aftermath of #MeToo.
"We had so many sex scenes to prep and work through," Williams said during an appearance on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast with host Amanda Hirsch. "It would have been so helpful to have someone who's department head of sex scenes."
Instead of having a dedicated coordinator to guide actors through the show's many racy scenes, Williams relied on creator Lena Dunham and co-showrunner Jenni Konner to choreograph how scenes would play out before they filmed.
While it was helpful to get a direct description of how the writers envisioned their scenes coming to life, it also left some very visual memories for Williams and her costars. The actor recalled a specific instance of Dunham and Konner crafting the infamous scene from 2015's fourth season, in which Marnie (Williams) is the recipient of an "ass-motorboat" from her musical partner and star-crossed beau, Desi (future The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach).
Allison Williams and M3GAN in 'M3GAN 2.0'.
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"I have this picture of Lena and Jenni acting out the moment where Desi was going down on me -- eating my ass," Williams recalled. "I have a picture of them where I think it's Jenni is leaning over a windowsill and Lena is leaning behind her like smiling being like, 'This is what we picture,' And I was like, 'Great!' but they were busy. That should have been someone else's job."
Airing between 2012 and 2017, the Girls was known for its racy and outrageous scenes as it followed four women in their 20s making their way in New York City. The series focused on their romances, hookups, friendships, and careers. In addition to Williams, the cast included Jemima Kirke (Jessa), Zosia Mamet (Shoshanna), and Dunham as Hannah.
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When the scene aired in January 2015, Williams told Vulture that she'd approached the job practically.
"Because of my wiring, I read it in the script and I went into total action mode. I got everyone together and I was like, 'All right, 'Grace [in wardrobe], you and me — we're going to come up with something so ingenious that he is going to feel comfortable.' I mean, think about where he is, right!" she said.
"It was our first day back of shooting and it was my birthday — everything was happening," Williams continued. "I grabbed the makeup girl and said, 'I want to smell like a cake,' so we put vanilla cream everywhere so everything smells good. And then I'm like, 'Grace, we're going to rig something invisible from the side but that feels like a pillow when he puts his face into it.' And, that's what we did! You wouldn’t know; it's total TV magic."
Still, the M3GAN star admitted that having an intimacy coordinator would have been a boon throughout the six-season run. Dunham echoed her sentiments in a 2022 interview with Metro.co.uk ahead of the release of her film Catherine Called Birdy.
"I know as an actor sometimes you feel anxious going to the director with a concern, even if you really like them, you just don't want to be the party pooper - you just have your own self-consciousness," Dunham said at the time. "And to have a person there who is devoted to that dialogue and your comfort, I mean, I would have loved to have it on Girls."
Allison Williams on 'Girls'.
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She continued of her experience leading the HBO series, "When you're the director and the actor at the same time, and the writer, you're trying to hit all those marks, and also make sure everyone has what they need, it's just too much for one person. I'm just so happy that we're reaching a time where sets in general are a more carefully monitored thing."