'We'll do a movie': Lena Dunham and co-stars talk life after Girls ahead of show's final season... as she reveals the one sex scene HBO wouldn't allow

By Heather Waugh For Dailymail.com

Published: 14:50 EST, 1 February 2017 | Updated: 16:48 EST, 2 February 2017

The stars of HBO's Girls came together for a special issue of The Hollywood Reporter to reflect on the hit show as it comes to an end after six seasons. 

Creator and star Lena Dunham remembers 'the worst pitch you've ever read' that she handed to HBO before it all began, reveals her hope for a Girls movie and dishes on the one graphic sex scene that crossed the line for the network.

Of her initial pitch, Lena, 30, said: 'It was like a tone poem about millennial life. It doesn't mention a character, doesn't mention a plot. "They're everything, they're nothing, they're everywhere, they're nowhere."

Saying goodbye: The stars of HBO's Girls gather for a cover feature on the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter as they discuss the controversial show ahead of its final season

'I mean, it's the worst pitch you've ever read — pretentious and horrifying — but I remember writing it, sitting on the floor listening to Tegan and Sara in my underwear, being like, "I'm a genius."'

It was thanks to her low budget directorial effort Tiny Furniture that bosses took Lena's idea seriously.

'We all felt we had this very good blueprint for what a show might be.' explained Casey Bloys, former HBO comedy head. 

As the buzz picked up about the show, Lena was bombarded with male producers wanting to work with her, as she revealed, 'I'd never been pursued like that by anybody in my f—in' life,

'I was getting calls as if I had been friends with these producers since I was born and was betraying them,' Lena told THR.

'It's the worst pitch you've ever read — pretentious and horrifying' Lena Dunham, 30, said of the pitch she handed to HBO bosses before Girls began

'I'd never been pursued like that by anybody in my f—in' life,' the actress reflected on the phone calls she got from male producers as the show was being developed

She revealed she was horrified when one producer suggested an episode 'when the girls sync their periods,'

'People ask what happens to young female directors when they come to Hollywood. The first people who support them feel this incredible sense of entitlement.' 

Lena and co-stars Alison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Adam Driver, Jemima Kirke, Alex Karpovsky and Andrew Rannells posed for the cover of the February issue of The Hollywood Reporter.

The actors also feature individually inside the publication in a series of moody images.

'If HBO paid for two Sex and the City ones, they'd better pay for one of ours.' Lena said of her hopes to make a Girls movie

Too risky: The show is known to be extremely explicit when it comes to depicting raunchy scenes between the characters, but the one scene that didn't make the cut, Lena explained, was 'cum arcing through a shot.'

The cast was joined by show insiders including executive producers Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner to discuss the highs and lows of the show's five year history.

The final sixth premieres February 12 and Lena already has her heart set on a movie version.

Konner said: 'We feel like no one necessarily needs to hear from us right now. But if someone wants to do the [Girls] movie, we'll do it.' 

Lena wholeheartedly agreed: 'Oh, we're doing the movie. I'd just want to leave enough space so that we are finding them in a super different place than we left them.'

The native New Yorker joked, 'If HBO paid for two Sex and the City ones, they'd better pay for one of ours.'

At that point Konner reminded her that the movie studio paid for the SATC movies, to which Lena replied, 'Oh, we may have more trouble with that…'  

The actors also feature individually inside the February issue. Pictured is Zosia Mamet (left), Jemima Kirke (right)

Looking to the future: Allison Williams, who plays Marnie in the show, is pictured

Moody shots: Adam Driver and Andrew Rannells suited up for the photoshoot

Meanwhile, the actress dished on the one graphic sex scene that HBO bosses felt crossed the line.

The show is known to be extremely explicit when it comes to depicting raunchy scenes between the characters, but the one scene that didn't make the cut, Lena explained, was 'cum arcing through a shot.'

Apatow added: 'And HBO said, 'If this is in the show, we could lose our license.' We were like, "Oh my God, we've actually found the line at HBO."' 

Konner said that they thought the bosses were being 'pussies' after the network’s then-president of programming Mike Lombardo said they didn't need the scene.

'But when Mike fought us on stuff, which wasn't often, he was always right.' she concluded.

End of an era: The final sixth season premieres on HBO February 12. The hit show debuted in 2012

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