Allison Williams Says Gen Z Gets ‘Girls’, Which Ebon Moss-Bachrach Blames On Their Narcissism

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Allison Williams and Ebon Moss-Bachrach had one of television’s most startling scenes during the original run of Girls. In it, Moss-Bachrach chomped on her hindquarters with a gusto usually reserved for an Italian beef sandwich in his current show, The Bear.

Not everyone was on board with the scene or the show when it first aired. But now, the series has been rediscovered by Gen Z viewers, and they’re more attuned to Williams’s character, Marnie Michaels, and the show’s vibe than previous generations.

The actress reflected on that along with her costar in a recent Vanity Fair video. “My theory is what was coded as selfishness among Millennials is now coded as self-care and just being aware of what you need, and advocating for your needs and standing up for yourself,” Williams said in the video. “And so Gen Z is like, ‘No, we get her.

She makes sense to us.’” She noted a different reception when the series first aired from 2012 until 2017. “The whole show got a lot of flack when it was airing for everyone being too selfish and self-centered and blah, blah, blah,” she explained.