Lena Dunham Reflects on ‘Last Affair’ and ‘Wrecking Herself on Male Attention’ Ahead of Netflix Series “Too Much”

Lena Dunham has candidly reflected on her ‘last affair’ ahead of her semi-autobiographical Netflix series Too Much. 

In a story for British Vogue’s July issue, the writer and producer, 39, admitted to  ‘wrecking herself on male attention’ before finding love with her husband Luis Felber.

The 10-part rom-com follows a New Yorker (Megan Slater) who heads to London in the wake of a breakup – much like she did herself – and is co-produced by Luis. 

Lena and Luis, 38, met in January 2021 on a blind date – after being set up by friends – and tied the knot in September 2021. 

But before meeting her husband and finally getting her ‘happy ending,’ the actress recalled her ‘boy craziness’ that led her to ‘stop trusting herself.’

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Lena Dunham has candidly reflected on her ‘last affair’ ahead of her semi-autobiographical Netflix series Too Much (pictured in August 2023)

The 10-part rom-com follows a New Yorker who heads to London in the wake of a breakup – much like she did herself (Too Much cast pictured)

She explained: ‘Even now, I can’t be sure. It’s not that I don’t trust my husband or our life – I do, very much. 

‘It’s that at some point along the way, wrecking myself again and again on the rocky shores of male attention, I stopped trusting myself.’ 

Lena revealed how two weeks before she left for London, she met a man with ‘Brad Pitt facial features’ in a yard in Los Angeles, named Craig.

She and Craig went on throw away her ‘hard-earned peace’ after vowing to stop with her ‘boy craziness’, in favour of a steamy two week affair. 

Arriving in London, Lena admitted she was left in tears over the man she ‘had sex with fives times a day’ after his messages dried up.  

She continued: ‘Two weeks after quarantine ended a friend would encourage me to get back on the horse and send my number to a man who he swore was “not your husband or anything, just a fun times guy”. I didn’t know that man would, in fact, be my husband.

‘Craig’s immaturity made me feel less old and his beauty made me feel more beautiful. I wanted, too badly, to be both of those things – and so I saw very little. 

‘It took longer than I’d like to admit to realise he hadn’t awoken me – I was waking and he walked by.’ 

In a story for British Vogue ’s July issue, the writer and producer, 39, admitted to ‘wrecking herself on male attention’ before finding love with her husband Luis Felber (pictured in 2022)

Megan Slater will play main character Jessica in the series while Will Sharpe will play Felix – the man she meets in London

Before meeting her husband and finally getting her ‘happy ending,’ the actress recalled her ‘boy craziness’ that led her to ‘stop trusting herself’ (pictured in 2024)

Lena previously explained why she cast Megan Stalter instead of herself in her semi-autobiographical series Too Much. 

‘I was not willing to have another experience like what I’d experienced around [my HBO series Girls] at this point in my life,’ the producer-star explained to the New Yorker. 

‘Physically, I was just not up for having my body dissected again. It was a hard choice, not to cast Meg — because I knew I wanted Meg — but to admit that to myself. I used to think that winning meant you just keep doing it and you don’t care what anybody thinks. I forgot that winning is actually just protecting yourself and doing what you need to do to keep making work.’

Lena continued: ‘I remember looking at Meg and being, like, “You are my muse. You inspire me every single day to go home and tap out pages upon pages.” I definitely don’t want to be my own muse.’

She gushed over how ‘inspiring and unbelievably talented’ the Hacks star is as her thinly-veiled character Jessica, who falls in love with a British musician called Felix (Will Sharpe) after moving from New York to North London.

See the full feature in the July issue of British Vogue, available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday 17th June.