It was about eight years ago that the success series “Girls” came to an end. In 2017, Lena Dunham ended her story about four young women in New York with the sixth season. Dunham was not only the creator of the series, but also the main actress, producer and author. In an interview, she now talks about how she introduces herself to the future life of the characters Hannah Horvath, Marnie Michaels, Jessa Johansson, Shoshanna Shapiro and Co.
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“Girls” was celebrated and criticized for his relentless, authentic representation of female growing up. The focus was on four women who were often unappealing, egocentric or simply fallen to them and were therefore all the more realistic. In an interview with “Variety”, Lena Dunham told how to paint the life of the characters after the end of the series.
Hannah Horvath
Hannah (played by Dunham himself) was a young, prospective author with great dreams at the beginning of the series. Later she becomes pregnant and leaves New York to start a new life as a mother. Dunham believes: “She teaches at Bard College and loves to raise her son. She probably has a friend who is something like cook. And she is less obsessed with being famous. That is where I think she would end up.”
Marnie Michaels
Marnie (played by Allison Williams) was Hannah’s roommate and experienced a turbulent on-off relationship with her college love Charlie in the series. At the end of the series, both the relationship and her music career failed and she pulled out of the city with Hannah Weg. According to Dunham: “Marnie- it’s her third marriage. She is still singing, but I think Marnie really has to go to the anonymous sex and love addicts.”
Jessa Johansson
Jessa (Jemima Kirke), the rebellious and often unpredictable figure, was in a relationship with Adam (Adam Driver) – Hannah’s ex – at the end of the series. But Dunham sees her future differently: “Jessa is unvaccinated and lives on a boat in Croatia,” she says dryly.
Adam sackler
And Adam? “Adam is a cult theater actor and probably lives in Berlin.”
Shoshanna Shapiro
Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) turned away from the clique at the end of the series, convinced that she would only hold her back. Dunham’s idea of her future sounds ambitious: “Shoshanna was married to the Mayor of New York, but then divorced. Now she is leading a sustainable Athleisure startup.”
Ray Ploshansky
And her ex-boyfriend Ray (Alex Karpovsky)? “Ray is still in the city council, runs his café – and is more successful than everyone else.”
Elijah Krantz
Hannah’s former friend Elijah (Andrew Rannells), who comes out as a queer at the beginning of the series, also gets an epilogue. In the series he dreamed of an acting career and according to Dunham even became something from it: “Elijah is the fourth main actor of a sitcom, deserves well – and is still looking for love in the wrong places.”