GLAMOUR revealed their latest digital covers featuring HACKS breakout star Meg Stalter whose highly anticipated new series, TOO MUCH, premieres on Netflix later this week. In the series, she plays a 30-something who moves from NYC to London following a life-altering breakup. As showcased in her dual covers, Meg is the queen of whichever country she inhabits.
Stalter sat down with reporter Lindy Segal to discuss working with the show’s creator Lena Dunham, her thoughts on on-screen nudity (or lack thereof), and how she found a sense of belonging on stage in her hometown.
On the types of roles she tends to play: “I’m always playing someone who’s not talented but thinks she’s very talented,” she says.
On finding her love of performance early on: “I always was desperate to be on the stage,” she says. “We had these poetry contests where you would pick a poem and perform it, and it would be the highlight of my year.”
On her sexuality coming into focus: “When I started dating in a real way, I quickly realized, Okay, I’m into women,” she says. “It feels more like I can connect with them in a different way that’s more natural to me.”
On her Too Much character, Jessica: “It’s about a person who was with someone that thought she was too much in a bad way, and then she finds someone that thinks she’s too much in a good way,” Stalter says. Above all, though, “She actually finds a lot of love for herself. I think it’s romantic in that way.”
On being in control of what she did, or did not, wear on screen: “I personally didn’t feel the need to go fully topless,” she says. “It all made sense to me without [nudity], and I never felt any pressure that it was needed.” She says she understands that some people feel it’s empowering to do nude scenes but insists that, for her, “I kind of feel like it’s empowering not to.”
On feeling prepared to handle online trolls, having started her career on social media: “I’ve already had such bad things said about me that I guess I didn’t have any questions about people’s opinions about me, or my body, or anything like that.”
On taking up painting in her limited spare time: “The other day I said to my girlfriend, ‘What do you have to do to get one of these in a museum?’ I was serious,” she says.
On always believing she would make it one day: “I kind of always knew it would happen some time; I don’t know why,” she says. “I think you have to be a little delusional to really believe that’s going to happen.”
Photographer: Luke Gilford
Stylist: Kat Typaldos
Hair: Clayton Hawkins
Makeup: Alexandra French
Manicure: Marisa Carmichael
[Photo Credit: Luke Gilford for Glamour Magazine]
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