It’s been more than a decade since HBO’s Girls first hit our screens in 2012, and now Lena Dunham is back for her latest project.

Titled Too Much, the Netflix show stars Hacks’ Megan Stalter as Jessica, who is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties.

Reeling from a broken relationship, she decides to take a job in London to live a life of solitude.

But after she arrives, she meets Felix (Will Sharpe), who seems to be a less-than-suitable partner.

Despite this, she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore.

The trailer landed on June 10, and while many fans can’t wait for the romcom to arrive on the small screen, others were preoccupied by a certain ‘spitting scene’.

The moment in question sees Felix spit in Jessica’s mouth, and users have said watching it made them feel ‘violated’.

@AmandaBaker-Patterson wrote: ‘THE SPITTING IN MOUTH SCENE VIOLATED ME,’ while @jhinjhin00_1 echoed, ‘That spitting scene is not gonna leave me for a while now’.

@mltdmlks added: ‘The spitting really caught me off guard omg,’ and @chicoulino said: ‘I paused at the spitting scene to read the comments, okay I’m not alone.’

@kennetherhabor5543 joked: ‘Yeah, the spitting scene was ‘Too much’ for me.’

And @cjwhite18 wrote: ‘As a gay man. That spitting scene is tame. Y’all freakin over nothing.’

Meanwhile, many commenters have heaped praise on the upcoming series. @treemu.c said: ‘We love a plus size lead, who knows what she wants💁🏻‍♀️ So excited for this!’

@geminithetwins added: ‘Wait, am I actually excited about a Hollywood rom-com?!’

And @RandomPersonOnEarth678 joked: ‘Emily in Pari- I mean London.’

Written and directed by Girls creator Lena and from the producers of Love Actually, Too Much will officially launch on Netflix on July 10.

The streaming platform has also revealed that five guest stars — Andrew Scott, Jennifer Saunders, Kit Harington, Rita Ora and Jessica Alba — will feature in the show.

Speaking at the Next on Netflix event in London earlier this year, Lena said that while her own experiences of moving to and living in the UK informed the storyline, the Hacks star made the role her own.

‘I’m sure many of you have fallen in love with Megan Stalter from her work as Kayla on Hacks, the not very competent, but utterly delightful assistant.

‘What I love about her is she is truly an old-fashioned physical comedian in the vein of, you know, Carol Burnett or Elaine May, but she has something really modern and also really sweet about her, and she can move between intense comedy and heavy drama with ease,’ she explained.

‘She just felt like the perfect foil to feel how Americans contrast against the people of this nation, because it didn’t take very long for me to realise that while you technically speak the same language, there are some vast differences that I am still coming to understand.’

The 38-year-old went on to share that while the show ‘does touch on some heavy topics’, it was ultimately a comedy whose goal is to ‘bring joy’.

‘You can take a half hour away from your day and feel like you are part of a world that is truthful, but just a little more sweet and tender than the actual world that we live in,’ she added.

Following the end of Girls, Lena has appeared in shows such as American Horror Story and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. She has also directed the first season of Industry, created the comedy Camping and executive produced Genera+ion.

Too Much will be available to stream on Netflix on July 10.

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