Starstruck creator Rose Matafeo: “I love seeing women in films and television just, enjoy living. It’s such a strangely low standard, but there’s something really infectious about about characters who just enjoy the f---ing crazy ups and downs of life.”
found herself onstage at London’s “Magic Mike: Live” having a surreal, more than slightly panicked conversation with a gyrating Australian dancer.
After moving to the U.K., she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for her 2018 special “Horndog” and converted new fans as a contestant on the beloved game show “Taskmaster.” Her “Starstruck” co-star Nikesh Patel, for one, knew of Matafeo well before auditioning for her show. “I was a fan of her standup, and had been to her shows a couple of times,” he says. “I just thought she was really funny, and really charming.
During the limbo period between Season 2 premiering in the U.K. in February and the U.S. in March, Matafeo’s mostly been laying low. She meant to tweet behind the scenes trivia along with the BBC3 airings, but by the third episode, she completely forgot the show was even on and went to an escape room with friends instead. Most days, she’s found herself following what she calls the “Mrs. Dalloway of East London” way of living, aka buying flowers and wandering around the city.
A year later, as Matafeo’s press tour reignites ahead of the HBO Max launch, she’s prepared for another round of questions about “Starstruck,” herself, and the rom-coms that inspire both, all of which she answers with infectious enthusiasm. Take, for instance, her firm belief that Sandra Bullock’s “absolutely elite slapstick” makes her an underrated physical comedian on par with Buster Keaton .
For Season 2, which has no choice but to show what’s on the other side of a love story’s traditional “happy ending”, they needed to tap into their shared histories even more. After the first season ends with Jessie deciding not to go home to New Zealand so she can stay with Tom, the second opens with a sharp cut from their romantic kiss to Jessie freaking out mere seconds later.
As Tom and Jessie each learn what they both actually want from a relationship, the show also sheds real insight on what it means for someone not just to love, but to become an actual partner. In a refreshing twist on the usual dynamic, Jessie is never desperate for a boyfriend, nor does Tom ever really question his attraction to her. She’s already a complete person, and that’s why he likes her so much.
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