TORONTO – Allison Williams understands why some people are quick to compare her show Girls to Sex and the City – after all, both series follow four strong women living and loving in New York City.
“That show is a true cultural reference point,” Williams said Tuesday night at an HBO Canada party at House of Moments. “But our lives are very different.”
Indeed, there are no shopping sprees for designer shoes on Girls, which kicks off its sophomore season on Jan. 13. The first season is out on DVD and Blu-ray.
Williams and co-stars Lena Dunham (who also created the show), Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet are younger and live far more modestly than the women of Sex and the City.
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“It feels very real,” Williams said Wednesday during an appearance on Global Toronto’s The Morning Show. “Girls come up to me all the time and say ‘this is almost hard for me to watch because it feels so familiar.’ That’s the highest praise you can get from anybody.”
Like that other show, Girls refuses to shy away from nudity, sexual content and frank dialogue. Williams said she is comfortable with it all, as is her family, including father Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News.
While Williams lays herself bare on Girls, she doesn’t do the same on social media.
“I’m not on Twitter,” she said. “I think it’s a combination of worrying that I’m going to put my foot in my mouth or thinking that maybe filters are a good thing, that having a phone in my pocket at all times where I can just send something out to an infinite number of people is probably a scary idea.
“I try to mitigate risk when I can.”
Watch the full interview on The Morning Show:
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