Comedian Lara Ricote Draws on Personal Breakup for New London-Based Comedy Film

‘I’m not even an actor – I was just grieving!’: rising star Lara Ricote on the real heartache behind her new breakup comedy

The Mexican-American comedian had just split from her boyfriend when she filmed Break Clause, about an ex-couple living together in London. She talks trading telenovelas for Edinburgh and embracing your feelings • The 50 best TV shows of autumn 2026 In Break Clause, recent graduates Lil and Ben move from Leeds to London after the former lands a job at an architecture firm. Yet as soon as the couple start settling into their new flat, everything goes horribly wrong. Ben (Samuel Bottomley) rev...

By Rachel Aroesti