Adam Driver not returning for Girls reboot — Adam Driver is not returning for the Girls reboot. Nearly a month after HBO confirmed that Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet would reprise their roles for a five-episode revival, Driver told Cinema Blend in an interview published Nov. 6 that he will not be part of the project. Asked directly about his involvement, the actor—who played Dunham’s love interest Adam Sackler across the show’s five-season run—said no and offered his good wishes to those taking part.
A Revival Without One of Its Central Figures
The revival was announced by HBO in October, with production scheduled to begin in 2027. That timing lands a decade after Girls ended its original five-season run, which concluded with Dunham’s Hannah Horvath leaving New York City and giving birth to a son named Grover. Driver’s character was a major presence throughout the series, but the actor has now confirmed he will sit this chapter out.
Dunham, who created the series as well as starring in it, explained in an Oct. 13 press release that the decision to return hinged on having a story worth telling. She said she had missed the characters but for a long time could not them in the present day. According to Dunham, the idea came together around her 40th birthday in May, when the voices of the show’s central figures—Marnie Michaels (Williams), Jessa Johansson (Kirke), Shoshanna Shapiro (Mamet) and Andrew Rannells’ Elijah Krantz—began speaking to her. She described the group as hard to quiet once they start talking, and said returning to something that changed her life offered the benefit of hindsight, gratitude and fresh understanding.
Past Tensions Loom Over the Announcement
Driver’s exit arrives against the backdrop of claims Dunham made about their working relationship. In her memoir Famesick, released about six months before the revival was greenlit, Dunham alleged that Driver had “feral” outbursts on set. She described an incident in which she says he shouted at her and threw a chair at the wall beside her, and she wrote that the careful blocking planned for intimate scenes fell away once cameras rolled, with Driver, in character, moving her roughly. She also recalled that Driver said he would always love her when the series wrapped in 2017, but claimed she never heard from him again.
Asked about those allegations during a Cannes press conference for his film Paper Tiger in May, Driver declined to discuss them, saying he had no comment and was saving his response for a book.
What Comes Next for the Revival
HBO has not indicated how the revival will account for the absence of Adam Sackler, and no further casting details have been announced. What is confirmed is the five-episode order, the return of Dunham, Williams, Kirke, Mamet and Rannells, and a 2027 production start. For now, Driver’s involvement in the project is settled: he is out, and his parting message to the cast was one of good luck.
