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3 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Lena Dunham's 'Too Much': a deep dive into love and trauma
Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe deliver stellar performances in 'Too Much'. Image: X 'Too Much', the new romantic comedy created by Hollywood actress Lena Dunham, has been earning worldwide acclaim for its take on modern relationships. The Netflix series delves deep into the universal experience of not feeling safe in relationships. As the title suggests, it emotionally relates to the legions across the globe from different walks of life who have ever felt, well, 'too much.' The series also unpacks the struggle of making relationships work as both parties have to commit to creating a safe space for each other, while juggling other challenges like careers, family and friends - all while carrying decades worth of personal trauma. Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe in 'Too Much'. Image: X With its sharp humour and an impressive casting of A-listers to breakthrough talents, the rom-com has been sparking debates worldwide as it continues to rank amongst the most-watched shows on the streaming giant, including in South Africa, where it has remained in the Top 10 since its premiere on Friday, June 11. 'Too Much' is the brainchild of the 'Girls' writer and star, with whom she worked on it with her husband, Luis Felber. The actress has explained in an interview that the series draws inspiration from her own life as, like the show's protagonist, she moved from New York to London in 2021, where she ended up meeting her husband, who, like the main character's love interest, is also a British musician. Despite this, Dunham has insisted that 'Too Much' is not meant to directly mirror her life, opening the possibilities for a creative exploration. Meanwhile, Working Title Films, the production company behind the 'Bridget Jones' movie franchise, also produced the show. It centres around Jessica, who is portrayed excellently by 'Hacks' breakout star Megan Stalter. Following a devastating break-up, the chaotic New Yorker in her mid-thirties decided to move to London. It is here where she meets a struggling bar singer Felix, played by 'The White Lotus' actor, Will Sharpe. On her first day in the city, she meets Felix at a pub and their connection is immediate and intense. Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe deliver stellar performances in 'Too Much'. Image: X While Jessica struggles to be away from her family in America as she adjusts to life in the UK, one thing that starts to go well in her life is her relationship with Felix, which continues to strengthen. They spend hours walking through London and talking on their first date, and the couple move in together after just a few months. But as their quirky and heartwarming love story plays out, Jessica and Felix are forced to contend with their individual traumas. Jessica comes from a complicated female-dominated family, including her sister (Dunham), her mother (Rita Wilson), and her grandmother (Rhea Perlman). She is also still processing the pain for her ex-boyfriend, Zev (Michael Zegen), leaving her for a social media influencer, Wendy Jones (Emily Ratajkowski). Meanwhile, Felix is also still traumatised by past relationships and is also battling with his strained family relationships. In his mid-thirties, he lacks ambition and is a recovering addict. And despite their connection, Jessica and Felix must also overcome dating red flags in order to keep their love alive. What truly sets 'Too Much' apart in the rom-com world, with its abundance of offerings, is the stellar performances. The chemistry between Jessica and Felix is electric, despite the cringy awkwardness, which I found to be genuine and authentic. Stalter and Sharpe must be commended for their stellar performances. The manner in which they bring this powerful and modern love story to life resonates with many, and they are brilliant in displaying a range of emotions, from euphoria to heartbreak. The supporting cast, including Dunham in the background as Nora, Jessica's older sister, as well as Ratajkowski, Wilson and Perlman, also delivered heartwarming performances. The storyline is also incredibly powerful as 'Too Much's' themes of grief, heartbreak, personal growth and love are ones that many streamers will be able to relate to. The show's take on personal insecurities and the desire for romantic relationships to be a safe haven has also been intriguing viewers. The intelligent infusion of humour in 'Too Much' also solidifies its success as it acts as satire and opens the door for deeper reflection while also adding balance to this nuanced and emotional story. Some other elements which I enjoyed on the show are Rita Ora's surprise appearance as well as Fergie's 'London Bridge' aptly being used as the soundtrack for this honest and hilarious love story. * I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Too Much' London And Brooklyn Filming Locations: The Restaurants, Pubs And Areas You Can Actually Visit
Lena Dunham's latest rom-com offering, Too Much, has a lot going on; from leads Jess (Megan Stalter) and Felix's (Will Sharpe) messy love affair, her toxic relationship with her ex's new fiancé (ELLE UK's cover star, Emily Ratajkowski) a bursting-at-the-seams celebrity cameo list (Jessica Alba, Andrew Scott, Kit Harington, Alix Earle and more). While you may have found yourself wrapped up in the drama of it all, one of the show's main components is its many locations. As the series sees Jess move to London, the city takes centre stage, with many well-known boroughs, pubs and restaurants featuring throughout the series. Below, we detail all of the exact filming locations seen throughout the 10-part series. At the beginning of the series, Jess's expectations of London and where she'll be living almost immediately falter when she quickly realises that she'll be living in a housing estate rather than a large aristocratic countryside home. The interior and exterior for her flat was filmed in a flat on St Peter's Estate in Hackney. Shoreditch's town hall doubled as the location for Jess's visit to the hospital after accidentally setting herself on fire and the vet where her dog Astrid was treated. After facing disappointment due to the reality of her less-than-glamorous living situation and surroundings in London, a level of hope is restored for Jess in the eighth episode when she accompanies Felix and his friends to a wedding at a country house estate. The wedding was filmed at Englefield Estate in west Berkshire. Throughout the series, observant restaurant-goers will have noticed that the show features a number of restaurants based in and outside of London. Frizzante at Hackney City Farm, The Ivy House in Nunhead and The Ivy Richmond Brasserie all make appearances. While searching for a location to film the agency's Christmas ad, Jess and her co-workers find themselves in the scenic village of Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, along with Andrew Scott's pompous director. While at a pub called The Royal Standard in Beaconsfield, Jess has an awkward drink with Scott's director. Once again, Jess finds a moment to escape the realities of London and takes a trip to Notting Hill to see the area where the titular movie was filmed. In one scene, Jess poses outside 280 Westbourne Park Road as Felix takes a picture of her. On two occasions, we see Felix play gigs alongside his band: one in a flashback and the latter in present day. The former takes place at a record and book shop called Dash The Henge in Camberwell. The venue was inspired by Lena's husband, Felix, who has previously played several gigs there in the past. Felix's second gig in the series takes place at the fictional Hackney 'DonkeyFest', which actually takes place at Hackney City Farm. He plays with his band as Jess and the Pollys (three of Felix's close female friends) look on and get to know Jess. During a flashback, we see Jess's awkward run in with her ex-boyfriend Zev and his new fiancé, Wendy. The encounter takes place at Cuppa Hive Coffee, Brooklyn. After many privately recorded video messages to Wendy later, Jess finally meets her Zev's new fiancé in the final episode. The pair meet for a coffee, at a family-owned restaurant called Chambers, near Victoria Park. As another flashback takes place, we see how Jess and her then boyfriend Zev came to be. The pair first met at Alligator Lounge in Brooklyn, a well-known bar where guests can buy budget friendly drinks alongside free pizza. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE. You Might Also Like Pyjamas You Can Wear All Day 10 Hand Soaps To Make Your Bathroom Feel Like A Fancy Hotel 8 Of The Best Natural Deodorants
NZ Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
‘Too Much': Lena Dunham's new comedy explores love beyond rom-com clichés
Will Sharpe and Megan Stalter star in Too Much, a new show by Lena Dunham for Netflix. Photo / Netflix There's a moment in Too Much, Lena Dunham's new Netflix comedy starring Megan Stalter, in which Stalter's character, Jessica – a brash American Anglophile navigating life in England, which isn't what she expected – goes on a metafictional rom-com rant. 'I wanted to be in bed with Hugh Grant from the British Jones's Diaries,' she yells at Felix (Will Sharpe), the charming, floppy-haired but feckless indie musician she falls in with shortly after arriving in London. 'Did you say 'British Jones?'' he says. ('She's British!' Jessica retorts.) It is, in context, a weirdly great joke; that slip from Bridget to British is one of the show's many silly-smart acknowledgments of its predecessors, and one of many send-ups of how powerfully rom-coms have shaped expectations about life and love – and trained people to classify each other as 'the mistake' or the 'happy ending'. (Here, Jessica and Felix are fighting about a party but also over her fear that whatever they have doesn't quite fit the rom-com definition of what love is supposed to be.) Jessica is in many respects a Bridget Jones figure: unpolished but hopeful, hardworking, lustful and sad, she's recovering from a bad relationship with Zev (Michael Zegen of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, who seems doomed to play bad first loves). She even has a diary of sorts. Here, that takes the form of a series of videos haranguing Zev's new girlfriend, Wendy (Emily Ratajkowski), an influencer whose posts Jessica obsessively monitors even as she tries to start a new life. In genre terms, Jessica isn't just our hero. She's also the crazy ex obsessing over Wendy's perfect, filtered representation of her camera-perfect life. Her own adventures as an expat are, by contrast, amusingly anti-cinematic. The camera revels in London's degraded cosmopolitan charm, and the result sometimes feels like a pointed retort to Lily Collins' perky Emily in Netflix's Emily in Paris, to whom everything flows too easily in a magical city that lives up to its dreamy promises. Nothing about Too Much is idealised. Jessica's flat is depressing and not in a bohemian, artistic way. (Though it's interesting, as a viewer, to notice oneself warming to it over the course of the series.) Jessica does, like Emily, have a gorgeous French rival (played by the inimitable Adèle Exarchopoulos), but even she is filmed in a way that makes her look, for lack of a better word, real. That she has visible pores and stray hairs makes her that much more threatening. Dunham has described Too Much as an homage to the rom-coms she grew up watching; episode titles include Nonsense and Sensibility, Pity Woman and Notting Kill. But Dunham – whose extraordinary HBO show Girls became a lightning rod for a variety of cultural arguments when it aired back in 2012 – has always been an innovator, and her intervention here is to begin approximately where the conventional rom-com ends.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lena Dunham's ‘Too Much': A Guide to All Those Cameos — and Each Wink to Her Own Celebrity Lore
Editor's Note: This story contains spoilers for 'Too Much,' now streaming Lena Dunham is back in the spotlight, and eight years after the conclusion of 'Girls,' we missed her. We've all known Dunham to be a voice of a generation, and she's now packing all her years of celebrity into her latest magnum opus: 'Too Much.' More from IndieWire John Goodman Doesn't Speak to Roseanne Anymore: 'I'd Rather Doubt If She Wants to Talk to Me' 'Dexter' Has 'Probably Done a Number on Me,' Says Michael C. Hall: 'I'm Not Crazy, I Know I'm Not Him' Sure, 'Too Much' is a critically acclaimed return to smart rom-coms with female audiences in mind. Did we expect anything less from Dunham? No. What is different, though, is the inclusion of nods to her own (at times, infamous) viral moments. This is Dunham laying bare for audiences once more — and only her true fans, raised being way too online, would get all the references to her lore. Dunham has promoted 'Too Much' as a semi-autobiographical series. 'Hacks' breakout star Megan Stalter plays the Dunham-esque Jessica, who relocates from New York to London to start fresh after a breakup. Jessica soon meets musician Felix (Will Sharpe), who challenges her to reevaluate her 30-something crisis. Dunham co-created the series with her real-life husband, Luis Felber, who also serves as an executive producer and provides original music. Despite unknowingly having crossed paths with Felber at the SXSW premiere of 'Girls,' Dunham didn't know Felber until moving to London (she has since stated that she will not return to live in NYC). Dunham is the creator, writer, and executive producer who directs eight out of 10 episodes. It's the packed punches of 'oh my gosh, is that really supposed to be [redacted] playing [redacted]?!' that make 'Too Much' not only must-see TV, but required viewing for anyone who witnessed Dunham endure the firestorm of media scrutiny amid her 'Girls' fame. ('I always joke that I need a T-shirt that says, 'I survived New York media in 2012 and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.' And all I got was this lousy PTSD,' Dunham recently said.) Even Dunham's own late dog gets a nod via Jessica's onscreen pooch, Astrid. Dunham detailed her cameo selection during the 2025 Tribeca Festival, per THR. 'I always try to write with somebody in mind. It just helps me when I'm writing, and usually it's somebody either that I admire or somebody that I already have a really great collaborative relationship with, and then you just kind of write them. And my goal is always: I love this person, so what is going to get them to come do a role, a couple episodes in a half-hour TV show like this?' she said. 'It isn't like, you know, Christopher Nolan is calling to invite you to do 'The Odyssey.' This is very specific. And so my goal is [to] always write them a different kind of part than you've seen them do before, or write them something that's so in their wheelhouse that they're like, 'It's just going to be so fun to come in and crush it.' But no in between; no vanilla. I'd rather go bold and send them something where they're like, 'Why the fuck did you send me that?' than make them feel like they're getting handed the same part that they get to do every time. I'm still shocked that all these schedules worked and all these people came together because everyone on the show is who I wrote the role for.' This is Dunham's mic drop moment, the final say on the record of her highly publicized relationships, by way of Netflix. Now, excuse us as we build our own Greg Kornacki board for the Dunham cinematic universe below. Rita Wilson, who played Marnie's (Allison Williams) unhinged mother on 'Girls,' is now Jessica's (Stalter) and Nora's (Dunham) narcissistic mom Lois. Who else could it be? This one is also self-explanatory: Rannells is a fellow 'Girls' alum, and after first playing Hannah's (Dunham) ex-turned-gay-bestie Elijah, he's now cast as Jessica's (Stalter) brother-in-law and Nora's (Dunham) husband Jameson, who leaves her to explore his pansexuality. The 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and 'The Penguin' alum plays, with no doubt in our minds, a stand-in for Dunham's long-term ex, musician and music producer Jack Antonoff — though Dunham insists Michael Zegen's character is an 'amalgamation' of all her exes. Antonoff and Dunham dated for five years during her 'Girls' fame (the series ran from 2012 to 2017). Taylor Swift and Lorde collaborator Antonoff parted ways with Dunham in 2018. 'Too Much' does not shy away from showcasing the dissolution of a partnership; the series includes a slew of claims against both the characters, with Stalter's Jessica having to emotionally escape the twisted relationship with Zegen's Zev. There is a Swift needle drop, with 'Bigger Than the Whole Sky,' which makes sense as Swift and Dunham have remained good friends. 'Too Much' the series ends with Jessica marrying supposed bad boy and Brit indie rocker Felix, played by 'The White Lotus' Season 2 breakout Will Sharpe. The parallels to Dunham's own relationship with musician Luis Felber (who records under the moniker Attawalpa, among ties to other bands) are obvious: Dunham moved to London in early 2021, where she quickly met and fell in love with Felber before marrying him later that year. Dunham's IRL close friend Ratajkowski plays Zegen's friend-turned-fiancée, Wendy Jones, whom he leaves Jessica for. So, is Ratajkowski's role based on Antonoff's real-life fiancée, actress Margaret Qualley? Or, for those who couldn't help but follow the Antonoff-Swift squad lore, is she a combo of Qualley and Lorde? OK, so not only did Andrew Scott star in Dunham's 'Catherine Called Birdy,' but he apparently also helped cast Stalter in 'Too Much.' Dunham told Glamour that Scott first introduced her to Stalter's comedy videos. 'He's always ahead of the crowd, and he had fanned out and had a coffee with her,' Dunham said. '[He] basically said, 'You two have to meet, you have something to make together.' I trust him implicitly, and went home and watched everything she'd ever made — and of course 'Hacks,' which is divine in its own right.' Now, who is Scott's pompous, divorced, scarf-clad director character supposed to be? We have our theories (emphasis on the sartorial choice of scarves!) but none of them are British…so dare we put them here? Regardless, former Hot Priest Scott's cameo, including him crying into Stalter's stocking-less thigh, is divine. Harrington, like Dunham, was also a staple of HBO at the time of 'Girls,' so they probably crossed paths at press events over the years. However, it is Harrington's uncanny resemblance to Dunham's 'Girls' co-star Christopher Abbott that has audiences' jaws on the floor when Harrington plays Stalter's deceased dad in a flashback. Abbott famously left 'Girls' due to creative differences with Dunham; he returned in 2016 to briefly reprise his role of Charlie, but has said he would not return to 'Girls' if the show were rebooted. Dunham singled out 'Mulholland Drive' icon Watts as one of her ideal collaborators during the 2025 Tribeca Festival, according to THR. It most likely helped that Watts recently co-starred with Sharpe in 'Emmanuelle.' Dunham said that she wanted Watts to return to the comedic roles that she took on early in her career. 'I thought, let me write her something that's like, not an elegant lady role, that's like an elegant lady to the left role, like an elegant lady who's railing cocaine role,' Dunham said. 'I want to speak to the thing I think you don't get to do, which is be the funniest fucking person in the world, because you also happen to look like a beautiful British aristocrat, and so people don't always know to ask that of you.' Now, Watts plays Ann, Jessica's boss' (Richard E. Grant) wife, who becomes a mentor to her over the course of a crazy coke-fueled dinner party. No one can forget that the beloved Grant played Jessa's (Jemima Kirke) drug-addled boyfriend in rehab on 'Girls.' This time, Grant stars as Jessica's (Stalter) boss Jonno, who is married to Ann (Watts). Dunham co-starred alongside Fry for 'Treasure.' Now, he plays Felix's father, Simon, in 'Too Much' (Fry was Dunham's dad in the 2024 father-daughter road trip movie 'Treasure,' co-starring Dunham). While Bravo plays Jessica's (Stalter) fashionable fellow American coworker Kim, this isn't Bravo's first time working with Dunham. Bravo acted in 'Camping,' which Dunham co-created; Bravo also directs Episode 8 of 'Too Much,' 'One Wedding and a Sex Pest.' Dunham has frequently called 'Cheers' alum Perlman her 'comic idol,' while Perlman cited Dunham as one of the most powerful women in Hollywood in 2014. Dunham and Perlman's recent 'Barbie' co-star America Ferrera also made a viral speech against then-Presidential nominee Donald Trump together in 2016. Now, Perlman is playing Dunham and Stalter's grandmother Dottie onscreen. When casting the most beautiful, most likable, and therefore most threatening ex for your latest love interest, 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' and 'Passages' star Exarchopoulos would be the ideal actress every time. And because it's Dunham, of course, she landed the star. Exarchopoulos plays Polly, the too-good-to-be-hated former lover and now best friend of Felix (Will Sharpe). Despite Dunham not collaborating with Exarchopoulos before, the actress is a standout supporting character. 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Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Too Much Cast: Here's Where You've Seen The Stars Before
Lena Dunham made her TV return this week when her new series Too Much landed on Netflix. The much-anticipated rom-com series stars Hacks' Megan Stalter as New York workaholic Jessica, who moves to London after a dramatic break-up and swiftly falls for a mysterious musician, played by The White Lotus' Will Sharpe. Whether you're yet to give the series a try, or you've already sprinted through all 10 episodes, there are definitely more than a few faces on the star-studded cast list that you'll recognise. Here's where you've seen the cast of Too Much before... Too Much's lead star is best known for her breakout role as Kayla in the dark comedy Hacks. But before her TV career exploded, you might have seen her in many a viral online comedy skit. Since those early days, Megan has also landed roles in Queer As Folk, Sometimes I Think About Dying and the animated sitcom #1 Happy Family USA. She was also in the music video for Kacey Musgraves' song Simple Times along with Muna's What I Want. The White Lotus fans will instantly recognise Will Sharpe for his role as Ethan in season two of Mike White's much-hyped series. He also appeared in last year's Oscar-winning A Real Pain alongside Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg. Going back further, Will was a staple on medical drama Casualty between 2009 and 2010, playing junior doctor Yuki Reid. More recently, you might have seen him in Defending The Guilty, Giri/Haji and Flowers. As well as creating the show, Lena also appears as Nora, Jess' older sister. The multi-hyphenate writer, director, actor and producer had her breakthrough with her semi-autobiographical 2010 feature film Tiny Furniture, after which she shot to mainstream fame by directing and starring in the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Girls. She has also been in films like This Is 40, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and I Wish You All The Best. Behind the camera, she's directed the movies Catherine Called Birdy starring Bella Ramsey – resulting in her meeting her future husband Luis Felber – and Sharp Stick, as well as the first ever episode of the British financial drama Industry. The US actor, singer and producer has been a Hollywood fixture since the 70s, and is known for her roles in films like Sleepless in Seattle – alongside her now-husband of 37 years, Tom Hanks – Jingle All The Way and Now And Then. Her other film appearances include That Thing You Do!, The Story Of Us, Runaway Bride, It's Complicated and Larry Crowne. She was previously in Lena's TV phenomenon Girls as Evie Michaels, mother to Marnie Michaels, and The Good Wife. As well as her work on screen, Rita is also a producer on many huge Hollywood films like My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Mamma Mia! and A Man Called Otto. Joining the cast of Too Much as influencer Wendy, Emily Ratajkowski started out in modelling before moving into the acting world. She's been in movies like Gone Girl, We Are Your Friend, I Feel Pretty and Lying And Stealing, along with TV series Easy, The Spoils Before Dying and History Of The World, Part II. Emily first became known in the public space after starring in Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines video, but in 2021 accused the singer of sexual assault (the singer did not publicly respond to these allegations). We could forget Rhea Perlman's iconic role as negligent mother Mrs Wormwood in the 1996 classic Matilda? Before that, she was already widely known for her role as head waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers. Across her five decade-long career, she's been in films like Canadian Bacon, The Sessions, Poms and, more recently, 2023 blockbuster Barbie. She's also been in TV shows like Poker Face, The Mindy Project and the '90s sitcom Pearl. Of course, she was married to Danny DeVito for 30 years, too, before the pair announced their split in 2012 (though, as of 2023, they were still technically married). Among the many big name credits in Too Much is legendary British actor Richard E. Grant. He made his debut in the 1987 comedy Withnail and I, and has gone on to give memorable performances in Hudson Hawk, The Age of Innocence, The Portrait Of A Lady, The Iron Lady, Jackie, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Saltburn. In 2018, he received his first Academy Award nomination for his performance opposite Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?. On the small screen, you'll have seen him in Doctor Who, Frasier, Game Of Thrones and much more. And let's not forget, Richard was actually cast in Lena's Girls because of his role in the Spice Girls movie Spice World. The defining role of Naomi Watts' career so far is in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, after which she went on to join the cast of the late director's iconic show Twin Peaks. And there are countless other huge movies we've seen her in, like King Kong, Birdman and The Impossible. In the last few years she's brought her talents to the Ryan Murphy series The Watcher and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. She also shares the screen with Kim Kardashian in the superproducer's forthcoming legal drama All's Fair. The French actor is best known for her role in the coming-of-age story Blue Is The Warmest Colour. She also gave a moving performance in the 2023 film Passages, while her other past projects include Wingwoman, Orphan and Race And The Jailbird. Just last year, she was also introduced as the voice of Ennui in Inside Out 2. The British actor, model and mental health advocate spreads her time across various pursuits these days. As a model, she was notably the first cover star of British Vogue during Edward Enninful's tenure, and her big acting break came when she landed the role of Becks in Top Boy. Adwoa has also been in Ghost In The Shell, Satisfaction and To Get Her. Prasanna may have appeared only in two episodes of The Crown's fifth season, but the British actor made a big impact with his crucial role, starring as Martin Bashir, the journalist who famously (and, now, controversially) interviewed Princess Diana for BBC's Panorama. You might have also watched Prasanna in Patrick Melrose, The Listeners, Payback, Ten Percent, and You, Me And The Apocalypse. Reuniting once again with Lena, Andrew Rannells played Elijah throughout all six seasons of Girls. Big Mouth fans will also recognise Andrew's voice as Matthew MacDell in the US animated sitcom. His other previous roles include A Simple Favour, The Prom, The Intern and Bachelorette, along with TV shows Girls5Eva, Welcome to Chippendales and Black Monday. Andrew is also a huge name in the musical theatre world, appearing in major Broadway shows like Hairspray, The Book Of Mormon, Hedwig And The Angry Inch and Hamilton. Janicza is actually best known as a director and writer. Not only does she play Kim in Too Much, but she also directs episode eight. She's previously helmed the movies Zola, Lemon and In A World…, along with single episodes of The Bear and Poker Face. As for acting, she was in Lena's 2022 movie Sharp Stick and her TV series Camping. Dean-Charles has certainly come a long way since we saw him on our screens as Tommen Baratheon on Game Of Thrones. His impressive resume also includes movies like 1917, Before I Go To Sleep, Blinded By The Light and The King. He also previously worked with Lena on her movie Catherine Called Birdy. Too Much is streaming now on Netflix. 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