“Starstruck” is again — and Jessie (Rose Matafeo) and Tom (Nikesh Patel) are again collectively. A trailer has dropped for Season 2 of the HBO Max rom-com collection, created and co-written by Matafeo.
The clip catches up with the couple shortly after Jessie’s Season 1-ending determination to remain in London and pursue issues with Tom as an alternative of heading house to New Zealand. Whereas getting espresso, Jessie confesses to Tom she’s by no means been on a primary date. “I truly desire simply to stumble upon somebody, like, a lot of instances over a course of a yr after which simply form of not get on a aircraft for them,” she jokes, principally summing up their relationship in addition to the plot of Season 1.
In fact, this being a rom-com, love doesn’t come simply for Jessie and Tom. She, a normie, is afraid that he, a well-known film star, is embarrassed to be seen together with her. He worries that the newfound public scrutiny is ruining her life. “No, I’ve been ruining my very own life for, like, years now,” Jessie tells him.
Nonetheless, they handle have an excellent time collectively. One in all Jessie’s new favourite issues to do is to faux to combat with Tom in public, in case any paparazzi are round: there’s loads of flailing, pantomiming, and bulging eyes. “You’re worryingly convincing of this,” Tom says.
A humorist, Matafeo gained the Greatest Comedy Present prize on the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her present “Horndog,” which she filmed as a particular for HBO Max. Her on-screen credit embrace “Child Accomplished,” “Lifeless Pixels,” and “Golden Boy.” She’s additionally directed a number of episodes of the latter.
“Starstruck” returns March 24 on HBO Max. Alice Snedden and Nic Sampson wrote Season 2 with Matafeo.
Supply: Women And Hollywood
