US EditionLena Dunham Pitched a ‘Scandoval’ Movie Starring Andrew Scott & Jennifer Lawrence
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 02 – Lena Dunham proposed a film dramatizing the Vanderpump Rules affair, praising its theatrical potential despite the pitch not being approved by producer Andy Cohen.
- On the July 29, 2025 episode of the Shut Up Evan Podcast, Lena Dunham pitched a Scandoval movie to Andy Cohen, though he did not greenlight it.
- Obsession with reality TV during the SAG-AFTRA writers strike led Dunham to pitch her Scandoval movie idea while the strike was down, Dunham said.
- Proposing a mini movie treated as canon, Dunham said she envisioned Andrew Scott as Sandoval, Jennifer Lawrence as Madix, and admitted she abused Cohen's contact info to pitch it.
- Although Cohen didn’t greenlight Dunham's pitch, he hosted a live reading of the 'Scandoval' reunion on Sirius XM’s Radio Andy featuring Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, Cheyenne Jackson and others.
- With the show teasing new episodes last month, Dunham isn’t ready to let go of Scandoval even as Bravo renewed Vanderpump Rules for Season 12 last year.
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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 […]
Lena Dunham tried to make a dramatized version of 'Scandoval'
The "Girls" creator envisioned Jennifer Lawrence as Ariana Madix.Kim Nunneley/Peacock/Getty; Stephane Cardinale/Corbis/Corbis/Getty; Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Ariana Madix; Lena Dunham; Tom SandovalLena Dunham became "obsessed" with Vanderpump Rules during the 2023 writers strike.It was the summer of "Scandoval," the highly publicized affair between Vanderpump stars Tom Sandoval and Rachel (aka Raquel) Leviss, which ended Sandoval's nine-year rela…
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