"Jessa was probably the only character who was somewhat aspirational for people," Kirke recalled on "Salon Talks," because of this so-called free-spiritedness. As the show unfolded, we saw that this was not a free-spirited person. This was an erratic and impulsive performer."
It's been six years since "Girls" concluded, and since then Kirke has played a variety of acclaimed roles, including a strict headmistress on "Sex Education" and a charismatic author on "Conversations with Friends." But she says, "I think people or casting directors or writers are just starting to perhaps see me as not someone who can play a version of Jessa over and over and over."
