Romcom gold: Tom (Nikesh Patel) and Jessie (Rose Matafeo) return in thehit series.
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS between a romcom couple after they’ve had their happily-ever-after moment? That’s what Starstruck creator Rose Matafeo set out to answer in the second series of her acclaimed BBC sitcom, in which she plays 20-something New Zealand expat Jessie, who, when we last see her, has missed her flight home to stay in London with her movie-star lover Tom (Nikesh Patel). The new series starts directly where the first leaves off, with Jessie freaking out about her impulsive, expensive decision. “What I’m trying to do with the show is undermine certain romcom tropes, while also still preserving what makes the genre good,”Matafeo tells Empire from her London home.“I’m asking how someone would genuinely emotionally react to a romcom situation.”