Netflix fans 'feel violated' after graphic spitting scene in trailer for new romcom series - gasping 'that really caught me off guard!'

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Netflix fans 'felt violated' after a graphic spitting scene in the trailer for a new romcom series - gasping that moment 'really caught them off guard'.
Too Much, from the mind of Lena Dunham, stars Megan Stalter (Hacks) as Jessica, a thirty-something, New York workaholic, grappling with a devastating breakup.
The ten-part series, coming to the streamer on July 10, sees her move across the pond to London for a fresh start.
There, she meets and falls messily in love with Felix, played by Will Sharpe (The White Lotus) - a layabout musician and an entirely unexpected, unlikely match.
The trailer dropped on YouTube yesterday - but fans in the comments were shocked by a particular scene in it that jarred with its classic romcom vibe.
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Too Much stars Megan Stalter (Hacks), left, as Jessica, a thirty-something, New York workaholic, grappling with a devastating breakup
One shot shows Felix spitting into Jessica's mouth as they lie in bed together
One shot shows Felix spitting into Jessica's mouth as they lie in bed together - prompting viewers to complain: 'The spitting in mouth scene violated me.';
'That spitting scene is not gonna leave me for a while now.';
'OK, I'm not alone. I stopped to read the comments at the spitting scene.';
'The spitting really caught me off guard OMG.';
'I felt violently touched after seeing that spitting scene.';
'What in the spitting jump scare was that?'
Punning on the show's title, one said: 'Yeah, the spitting scene was Too Much for me.'
But some were not so taken aback by it as others, referring to Lena's most famous TV creation, Girls, which aired on HBO from 2012 to 2017: 'Those of you shocked by the spitting scene have clearly never seen Girls.';
The trailer dropped on YouTube yesterday - but fans in the comments were shocked by a particular scene in it that jarred with its classic romcom vibe
But some were not so taken aback by it as others
'As a gay man, that spitting scene is tame. Y'all freakin' over nothing.'
Fans were mostly very excited to see the series hit the small screen next month: 'Oh, this actually, genuinely looks good. Is this the start of a Dunhamaissance?';
'We love a plus-size lead who knows what she wants. So excited for this!';
'Too Much looks like exactly the kind of chaotic comfort watch I need right now. Who else is ready to binge this entire thing in one sitting?'
The romcom boasts a star-studded cast, with Stephen Fry, Andrew Scott, Richard E Grant, Kit Harington, Rita Ora, Jessica Alba, Rhea Perlman, Jennifer Saunders, Emily Ratajkowski, Adwoa Aboah and Lena herself all starring.
It is made by the producers of Love Actually and Notting Hill and is co-created by Lena, 39, and her husband, Peruvian-British musician Luis Felber, 38.
Lena told Netflix news site Tudum their own love story is similar to Jessica and Felix's: 'When I first started coming to the UK for work... I thought to myself, "I want to write something about the experience of being a foreigner here and the fantasies we have of [London] versus the realities".
'Then, when I met my husband Luis, I felt like I was experiencing all of that but in the context of a relationship.'
Fans were mostly very excited to see the series hit the small screen next month
But she also said, at a Next on Netflix event in London earlier this year, Megan had made the role of Jessica her own.
'She is truly an old-fashioned physical comedian in the vein of Carol Burnett or Elaine May but she has something really modern and also really sweet about her and she can move between intense comedy and heavy drama with ease', Lena gushed.
'She just felt like the perfect foil to feel how Americans contrast against the people of this nation.
'Because it didn't take very long for me to realise that while you technically speak the same language, there are some vast differences I am still coming to understand.'
Megan loves how the show overturned tropes both about romcoms - and how Americans see London: 'The show does a really good job of knowing what it is but then also flipping it on its head.'
Her co-star Will agreed: 'It has such an awareness of rom-com... but it also does have some rougher edges.
'That makes the sweeter aspects all the more powerful because there's an honesty to it.'
Megan saw herself in her character: 'Jessica and I both wear our hearts on our sleeve. We're emotional, we're dramatic, we're weird and remain that way as adults.'
Lena said while the show does have some serious moments, she hoped it could mostly act as a source of escapist joy for viewers.
'You can take a half hour away from your day and feel like you are part of a world that is truthful but just a little more sweet and tender than the actual world we live in,' she explained.
Since working on Girls, Lena has continued her acting work, appearing in American Horror Story, The Simpsons and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
She has also kept working as a writer, producer and director, creating American comedy Camping, starring Jennifer Garner and David Tennant.
She also directed some episodes of British show Industry, about newbie investment bankers, and wrote 2022 medieval comedy Catherine Called Birdy, starring Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper and Andrew Scott.
Lena swapped her $2.8million Los Angeles bungalow for a property in London after marrying Luis in September 2021, at a members-only club in the capital.
The pair met in January 2021 on a blind date, which they were set up on by friends.
Luis has previously told The New York Times their first date was about eight hours long - and they moved in together just months later.
The pair met in January 2021 on a blind date, which they were set up on by friends. Pictured: Lena at their London home
'I think when you know, you know', he said.
'I've only been alive for 35 years in this lifetime, and I think it's another archaic thing for guys to hide their feelings.
'I'm way more into the flow of getting to know the person.
'And I think Lena's the same, and I think - I'm going to sound cheesy - but when you find your soulmate, you just know.'