Lena Dunham and Taylor Swift – Credit score: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Taylor Swift, the good uniter. Lena Dunham has credited the singer for connecting her with actress Meg Ryan, who Dunham solid in her upcoming Netflix movie Good Intercourse reverse Natalie Portman.
Speaking to Variety, Dunham confirmed that she satisfied Ryan to affix the movie after operating into her at an Eras Tour cease in London. “I made a decision, it’s now or by no means, and I’m going to shoot my shot,” Dunham defined. “She couldn’t be a lovelier particular person.”
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She added, “Shout-out Taylor—thanks for that. She brings everybody collectively. She makes the world go ’spherical.”
Good Intercourse is at the moment in manufacturing in New York Metropolis and stars Portman as a pair’s therapist who will get again within the courting scene after getting out of a decade-long relationship. The movie additionally options Mark Ruffalo and Tucker Pillsbury.
Dunham and Swift have been longtime buddies. The Women creator co-starred in Swift’s 2015 music video for “Unhealthy Blood” music video, and Swift was a bridesmaid in Dunham’s marriage ceremony to musician Luis Felber in 2021. Dunham tends to be tight-lipped about their friendship in interviews, though in an interview with The New Yorker final yr she admitted she is “protecting” of her well-known pal.
“Most likely the 2 issues I get requested most in life are ‘What’s Taylor like?’ and ‘Can I’ve tickets to the Eras Tour?’” Dunham stated. “And normally my reply to each issues isn’t any, however I’ll say that she’s every little thing that you’d need her to be. She’s sort, she’s devoted, she’s introspective, she’s emotional, she’s humorous as f—. I assume my feeling typically is, ‘Isn’t she giving us sufficient, guys?’”
Extra lately, Dunham reflected on her friendship with Swift in an interview with the Occasions, describing the singer as a task mannequin. “She’s a mind-blowing particular person,” Dunham stated. “I feel she’s terribly properly adjusted and emotionally intuitive. And it’s actually superb for younger ladies to see that in entrance of them.”
Dunham’s new Netflix collection, Too Much, debuts at the moment. The rom-com-inspired present stars Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe, and was co-created by Dunham and Felber. Women alumni Rita Wilson and Andrew Rannells additionally star, and visitor stars embody Jennifer Saunders, Equipment Harington, Rita Ora, and Jessica Alba. Rounding out the solid are Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Leo Reich, Daisy Bevan, Adele Exarchopoulos, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski, Stephen Fry, Kaori Momoi, and Adwoa Aboah.
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