Much of New Zealander Rose Matafeo’s life and worldview shines through in her romantic comedy series “Starstruck” about a normal London woman with a movie-star boyfriend
,” the BBC Three-HBO Max series Matafeo created and stars in, is now in its second season and precisely the show you’d expect, even hope, a teenager like Matafeo would grow up to write. The Auckland native plays Jessie, a charming, self-centered, late-20s New Zealand slacker living in London who drunkenly hooks up with and is then courted by international movie star Tom Kapoor.
“Starstruck” is informed not just by Matafeo’s personal views but also by her personal life. In early scripts, Matafeo wrote a best-friend character named Emma based on her roommate in London, 31-year-old actress Emma Sidi. On the show, she’s named Kate — but played by Sidi. Casting the right actor as Tom, then, was crucial. In initial scripts, Matafeo intentionally left the character of Tom somewhat unformed, knowing only that she wanted someone who had palpable chemistry with her and who didn’t mind playing the straight man. “You can write a dialogue that’s quite fun and flirty,” she says, “but you have to get the right person to bring that to life.”
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