Although Vanderpump Rules is preparing to move on from ‘Scandoval‘ with its rebooted Season 12, Lena Dunham isn’t quite ready to let go.
The Too Much creator recently shared her vision for a film based on the shocking affair between Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss that was unpacked during the Bravo reality show’s Season 10 reunion in 2023, as Sandoval’s estranged ex Ariana Madix had the chance to confront them both.
“We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform it with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare,” said Dunham on the Shut Up Evan podcast. “I went so far as to abuse Andy Cohen‘s contact information to pitch him the idea.”
Although Cohen didn’t greenlight Dunham’s pitch, he did host a live reading of the explosive ‘Scandoval’ reunion on Sirius XM’s Radio Andy, featuring Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, Cheyenne Jackson, Leslie Grossman, Amber Tamblyn, Susan Lucci, Carson Kressley, Chrissy Teigen, Brad Goreski and John Arthur Hill.
For Dunham’s adaptation, she envisioned Andrew Scott as Sandoval and Jennifer Lawrence as Madix. “I want to take these words and direct them like it’s really serious theater,” she explained.
(L-R) Katie Maloney, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Lisa Vanderpump, James Kennedy, Lala Kent, Tom Schwartz, Scheana Shay in ‘Vanderpump Rules’
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After Madix and Sandoval returned for Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules, which did not prove to be fruitful in mending any fences, Bravo renewed the series for Season 12 last year with an all-new cast, which the show teased in a promo last month.
