Lena Dunham is agonising over nudity. It’s simple. Don’t do it if you don’t want to
Girls’ creator Lena Dunham says that she doesn’t particularly enjoy the process of getting naked on screen any more. With the final season imminent, not only is Dunham aware of the “din of the reaction”, but also says: “Part of getting older for me has actually been feeling more modest. Unfortunately Hannah Horvath doesn’t always allow for that. I hope to reprise some of her nudity in this final season with vigour.”
Dunham’s attitude seems a bit peculiar. Why on earth would she feel obliged for Hannah to keep stripping – or to think that her character’s on-screen nudity was out of her hands? Surely, as the creator and a formidable industry player, it is in Dunham’s power to make the nudity stop any time she wanted?
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