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'Starstruck' Follows A Meet-Cute With Fame : Pop Culture Happy Hour It might sound like fun to date a glamorous movie star, but in reality, it would probably get very messy. That's the premise of HBO Max's Starstruck, created by and starring New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo. Over six episodes, the romantic comedy series is complicated, funny and charming — treating fame as the isolating pain in the neck it often can be.

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'Starstruck' Follows A Meet-Cute With Fame

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'Starstruck' Follows A Meet-Cute With Fame

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Nikesh Patel and Rose Matafeo star in HBO Max's Starstruck. Mark Johnson/HBO Max hide caption

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Nikesh Patel and Rose Matafeo star in HBO Max's Starstruck.

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It might sound like fun to date a glamorous movie star, but in reality, it would probably get very messy. That's the premise of HBO Max's Starstruck, created by and starring New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo. Over six episodes, the romantic comedy series is complicated, funny and charming — treating fame as the isolating pain in the neck it often can be.

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