Adam Driver Won't Return to HBO's 'Girls' Reboot — SkimNews
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- Adam Driver ruled out a return to the 'Girls' reboot while discussing his role in James Gray's new film 'Paper Tiger,' telling Cinema Blend: 'No, but I wish them the best of luck.'
- Deadline's headline on the same exchange frames it identically — 'Adam Driver Shuts Down Girls Return But Wishes Lena Dunham & Co-Stars Best Of Luck' — so both published accounts center the same refusal and good-luck wish.
- Girls was announced back in mid-October with Lena Dunham returning as Hannah Horvath alongside Allison Williams as Marnie Michaels, Jemima Kirke as Jessa Johansson and Zosia Mamet as Shoshanna Shapiro.
- Andrew Rannells returns as Elijah Krantz, and the revival will run for a limited five episodes on HBO with production starting in 2027.
- Adam Driver's career took off after his run as Hannah's boyfriend on 'Girls,' followed by Kylo Ren in three 'Star Wars' movies, Noah Baumbach's 'Marriage Story' and 'The Meyerowitz Stories,' Ridley Scott's 'The Last Duel' and 'House of Gucci,' Michael Mann's 'Ferrari,' and Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson,' 'The Dead Don't Die' and 'Father Mother Sister Brother.'
- Lena Dunham wrote in her memoir 'Famesick' that Driver could be 'short-tempered and verbally aggressive, condescending and physically imposing' yet also 'protective, loving even,' and that after the last episode wrapped he told her, 'I hope you know I'll always love you' before saying goodbye.
Why it matters: HBO's five-episode 'Girls' revival, with production starting in 2027, now has Dunham, Williams, Kirke, Mamet and Rannells returning and Driver absent — the breakout boyfriend role he played ended with the 'I'll always love you' farewell Dunham preserved in 'Famesick.'
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