“Girls” fans will have to wait until next year for the Brooklyn-set comedy to return, but production is already under way in New York for the fourth season of the HBO series.
When we last left the “Girls,” Hannah (Lena Dunham) seemed Midwest-bound after being accepted to the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop; Marnie (Allison Williams) embarrassed herself yet again by kissing her taken songwriting partner; Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) was reeling from learning she cannot graduate; and Jessa (Jemima Kirke) found herself playing a role in an assisted suicide.
The Post caught up with series stars Williams and Mamet at Wednesday night’s Museum of the Moving Image dinner (where they were to support honoree HBO CEO Richard Plepler) to talk about Season 4.
We know that Hannah will spend at least part of the season in Iowa. How does that affect the group dynamic, with the girls being split up?
Zosia Mamet: I think that we’re all split up quite a bit. If you break down the seasons a lot of the time, it’s quite rare that we’re all together.
Allison Williams: I think from last season you see Marnie’s so supportive, she’s like, “You have to go. It’s Iowa; you have to go.” So for Marnie it’s a very exciting, very positive thing. It’s just a matter of maintaining the long-distance friendship.
What would you like to see happen to your characters?
Mamet: Honestly, we have stopped trying to guess what’s going to happen or wish for anything because our writing team is so incredible. They come up with things beyond our wildest imagination, so I’m really just along for the ride.
Williams: I like when she’s in a happy place because she can be supportive and kind to her friends. That’s what I root for, but that’s asking a lot of someone who’s often not in that kind of place. That’s all I ever want for her.
Marnie certainly has had a lot of cringe-worthy moments. Do you like playing those?
Williams: Those are the real pearls; that’s the real gem. I love playing those. It’s perverse. I’ve developed a liking for them. It’s kind of part of the job.
So how is filming going? What episode are you shooting right now?
Mamet: It’s going really good. We’re on Episode 7.
Williams: We’re bouncing all over the place. I did a little [Episode] 5 today; we did 6 a little bit. It’s going so well. It’s the most fun. I still can’t believe it’s my job.
What’s in store for Shoshanna and Marnie in Season 4?
Mamet: More insanity, more testing the waters and trying things out, and growing. We’re all growing and shifting and changing like people do in their 20s.
Williams: It sort of picks up where we leave her last season in a way that nothing’s vastly different, let’s put it that way.
How is Shoshanna coping with not being able to graduate at the end of last season?
Mamet: I think that she worked it out in a bit of a messy way, but she gets over it.
Is Marnie still pursuing her singing ambitions? Any more music videos this season?
Williams: Yes, I think I can say that. None yet, but I can’t say that she won’t think of [making another video] soon.