LIVING OUT LOUD
A good part of what keeps people watching Starstruck – the hit British comedy series that New Zealand’s Rose Matafeo writes, executive produces and stars in – is surely the urgent wish that its romantic protagonists would, please, just sort it out.
After what seemed to be a romcom resolution to Starstruck’s first season – instead of flying home, Jessie, the impetuous, aimless New Zealander, stays on the airport bus with film star Tom – the opening indications of the second season are not promising. Jessie disembarks from the bus with her lover and is seized by so many conflicting feelings that she seems in danger of accidentally running into traffic. The relationship, clearly, remains a work in progress.
“I can’t believe it myself,” laughs Matafeo, who plays Jessie, from her home in north-east London. “When will this girl grow up? It is frustrating, but that’s the tension. Imagine if it was just a series where two people got together and they encountered no obstacles whatsoever. What a boring f---ing series that would be.”
But viewers won’t have
