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Andrew Rannells delights fans with major revelation about role in Lena Dunham's new Netflix romcom Too Much
Andrew Rannells has revealed that he plays Lena Dunham 's on-screen husband in her upcoming Netflix romcom Too Much, which will no doubt delight fans of the acclaimed television series Girls.
The 46-year-old actor is among the star-studded cast of the hotly anticipated 10-part series, helmed by comedian and Hacks actress Meg Stalter and White Lotus star Will Sharpe.
The new show will be the first time Andrew has appeared alongside Lena, 39, on the small screen since they starred together in her award-winning show Girls, which ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017.
Fans of Girls will recall how Andrew played Elijah Krantz in the coming-of-age HBO hit, Hannah Horvath's (Dunham) gay ex-boyfriend.
But in Too Much, scheduled to premiere on Netflix on July 10, Andrew spilled that he and Lena have leveled up their on-screen relationship to play husband and wife.
Speaking exclusively to on the red carpet at the premiere for I Don't Understand You in New York City on Monday night, Andrew recalled reuniting with Lena for the project and shared huge details about his new role for the first time.
'It was very fun to get to make with her,' he gushed. 'We're sort of the grownups now.'
'I play Lena's husband, who is also Meg Stalter's boss,' he continued.
'So, I have like a fun dual role that I get to play. So, Elijah and Hannah have grown up and are now married!'
Lena created, wrote, and starred in the HBO television series Girls, which received critical praise and won numerous awards.
The series, which followed four women living New York City, also starred Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, and Zosia Mamet, and notably launched the career of Adam Driver.
Too Much, created by Lena and her husband Luis Felber, follows Jessica (Meg Stalter), a New Yorker who heads to London in the wake of a painful breakup.
'There, she meets Felix (Sharpe). The pair build a connection that surprises Jessica… but is impossible to ignore,' the synopsis teases.
Besides Meg, Will, Lena, and Andrew, the cast also features appearances form model Emily Ratajkowski, Saltburn's Richard E. Grant, and model and actress Adwoa Aboah.
Rita Wilson, Rhea Perlman, and Stephen Fry also star.
Last year, Lena spoke candidly about why she decided to cast Meg instead of herself in the semi-autobiographical series.
'I was not willing to have another experience like what I'd experienced around [my HBO series Girls] at this point in my life,' she 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.'
Andrew pictured with his I Don't Understand You costars Amanda Seyfried, Nick Kroll and Morgan Spector at the New York premiere on Monday night
Besides his role in Too Much, Andrew stars alongside Nick Kroll in the upcoming comedy movie I Don't Understand You, which hits theaters on June 6.
Written and directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, the film follows an American couple, Dom (Kroll) and Cole (Rannells), who embark on a picture-perfect Italian vacation before their impending adoption but find themselves lost in a foreign land with no cell service, zero comprehension of the language, and escalating turmoil that could explode at any moment.
'I worked with Nick on Big Mouth, that he created, and Nick also plays my character's hormone monster, so we already had like a very nice relationship,' Andrew said of reuniting with Nick.
'So, this was it was nice to get to explore that as humans. I'm thrilled that people like us together.'
