Lena Dunham will not appear in the upcoming Netflix series after being body-shamed on “Girls”

Lena Dunham attaches great importance to her mental health.

In an interview with The New Yorker published on Tuesday, July 9, the Girl The 38-year-old creator explained why she has no plans to return to the camera in her latest projects, including the semi-autobiographical comedy series Too much.

The series is scheduled to be released on Netflix in 2025 and is about an American woman (Megan Stalter) in her thirties who moves to London and falls in love with a British musician (Will Sharpe).

The series reflects Dunham’s life, as the New York native now lives in London with her husband, British-Peruvian musician Luis Felber. The couple married in 2021.

Although Dunham was originally supposed to play the lead role, she decided to cast Stalter instead.

“Physically, I just wasn’t ready to have my body dissected again,” she said The New Yorker.

The multi-talented actor said working with Stalter was like working with “a bit of Meryl Streep.”

“She’s really inspired me. She’s incredible. I think people are going to go crazy,” Dunham said.

“I also believe that I was not prepared to experience something like what I had experienced Girl at that point in my life. Physically, I just wasn’t ready to have my body dissected again. It was a hard decision not to cast Meg – because I knew I wanted Meg – but to admit that to myself,” Dunham explained.

Dunham also shared how her definition of happiness has evolved.

“I used to think that winning meant just keeping going and not caring what others thought,” she said. “I forgot that winning really just means protecting yourself and doing what you have to do to keep going.”

Dunham added that she is not a fan of “attention” or “compliments.”

“My work makes me feel strong. That’s the only thing I want to do,” she said.

She does her best to keep her calm by staying away from social media. “I haven’t had to log on to Twitter or Instagram in six years,” Dunham confessed.

“These places don’t protect women and minorities,” she said of the apps, adding, “I just realized that there was no way I could have the feelings I wanted to have in my personal life if I continued to have access to these things.”

Dunham also said The New Yorker she will no longer direct Polly Pocket Movie with Lily Collins.

“I will not Polly Pocket film,” she said, although she worked on the script for “three years.”

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After praising Greta Gerwig for her adaptation of a toy BarbieDunham explained her position.

“I felt like if I can’t do it this way, I’m not going to do it. I don’t think I have that in me,” she said. “I feel like the next movie I make has to feel like a movie that I absolutely have to make. Nobody could make it but me. And I thought other people could make it. Polly Pocket.”