‘Too Much’ Star Megan Stalter on Why Healthy Relationships Can Be ‘Triggering’ and How Lena Dunham Directed Intimate Scenes: ‘”Girls” Was About Sex, and This Show’s About Being in Love’

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Too Much.”

Jessica Salmon, played by Megan Stalter in Lena Dunham‘s new Netflix series “Too Much,” is unlike any romantic lead we’ve seen before. Fans of “Hacks” or Stalter’s online comedy will recognize the erratic, tragic-but-self-assured attitude that’s made her characters so popular. But here, it’s encased in deeper, more painful circumstances.

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Jessica begins the series sitting in bed when she discovers, via Instagram, that her ex-boyfriend Zev (Michael Zegen) has proposed to his new girlfriend, Wendy (Emily Ratajkowski). She begins sobbing and screaming, but there’s no one to hear her but her dog.

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