Jodie Comer has spoken about readying herself to say goodbye to playing Villanelle, after finding fame in the role in Killing Eve.
The actress, 28, earned a BAFTA and an Emmy for playing the sassy assassin, but the fourth season of the show will be its last.
In PORTER’s latest feature, the star wowed in an array of vibrant clothes, including an eye-catching orange co-ord.
Saying farewell: Jodie Comer has spoken about readying herself to say goodbye to playing Villanelle, after finding fame in the role in Killing Eve
Another shot showed Jodie looking effortlessly stunning in a green jumper as she clutched a poppy.
One daring snap saw the Free Guy star ditch her bra under a hot pink blazer, flashing a peak of skin.
Her blonde tresses were styled straight with her fringe artfully tousled, while she sported minimal makeup to let her natural beauty shine through.
Final season: The actress, 28, earned a BAFTA and an Emmy for playing the sassy assassin, but the fourth season of the show will be its last
Speaking to the publication, Jodie gushed: ‘It’s crazy. It’s really, really crazy, because it’s been so long. And the wonderful thing about that show was the people… a lot of the same crew came back every year. There was a familiarity to that and a comfort. To play a character like Villanelle has been such a gift.’
The show – written and executively produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge sent Jodie skyrocketing to fame back in 2018.
She said: ‘I got sent the first episode and I’d seen Phoebe’s name and I’d seen Fleabag, which I adored, and I just thought ‘Ooh, what is this gonna be?”
Racy: One daring snap saw the Free Guy star ditch her bra under a hot pink blazer, flashing a peak of skin
Flower power: Another shot showed Jodie looking effortlessly stunning in a green jumper as she clutched a poppy
Jodie said she was like a ‘fish out of water’ when she got the role starring opposite Sandra Oh.
She explained: ‘I was like a fish out of water when [it] started… Phoebe had created [Villanelle] but I had to let go of my own insecurities and really throw myself into it, so [the character] was molded, in a way, as we went along.’
Stunning: Her blonde tresses were styled straight with her fringe artfully tousled, while she sported minimal makeup to let her natural beauty shine through
Speaking about the incredible female talent, she has had the pleasure of working alongside, Jodie said: ‘The women I’ve worked with – Harriet [Walter], Fiona [Shaw] and Sandra [Oh] – have encouraged me in so many ways and given me so much advice. They’ve been invaluable. There’s just a connection, [which] is unspoken a lot of the time but is also very present.’
When it comes to picking her roles, she said: ‘You want to take roles to work with people that you admire; people you’re going to learn from and be inspired [by]. But I feel like you [can’t] look over what it is that you can bring to the piece [and] to the character. You never want to do yourself a disservice in that way. Always make sure you know what the challenge is for you.’
This spring, Jodie will make her West End debut in a one-woman play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie, following a barrister, Tessa, who is subjected to a sexual assault, with the audience acting as witnesses to the attack and the grim aftermath.
Grateful: Speaking to the publication, Jodie gushed: ‘To play a character like Villanelle has been such a gift’
‘[Miller told me] she wanted to show the rape in a non-voyeuristic way and have the audience witness what Tessa goes through… the audience aren’t the jury, there is no, ‘Did it happen? Didn’t it?’ – they’re with Tessa. They know, which I thought was really powerful,’ said Jodie.
The story is a timely one in today’s current climate, something that has not been missed by Jodie.
She commented: ‘It’s so present and so upsetting. When you do material like this it feels so relevant to today, but it’s sadly never been any other way.’
‘Fish out of water’: Jodie said she was like a ‘fish out of water’ when she got the role of Villanelle starring opposite Sandra Oh (pictured in the role)
Speaking on the impact of the #MeToo movement, she added: ‘I think I’ve noticed it in myself and finding my own boundaries and what I’m comfortable with and not comfortable with, and the ability to be vocal about it. I wish I would have found that earlier, but you have to go through your own experiences in life, so that’s how I feel the change. But I haven’t had any awful experiences to speak [of]; I’ve been extremely lucky.’
She also paid gratitude to the women she’d worked with and Killing Eve, saying: ‘I’ve worked with such incredible women… to be working on a show like Killing Eve, which is the essence of that, has shaped me in a real way.
‘I’ve been lucky that a lot of the women I’ve played have been so fully fleshed out and colorful that now it’s set the bar.’
Next big role: This spring, Jodie will make her West End debut in a one-woman play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie, following a barrister, Tessa, who is subjected to a sexual assault, with the audience acting as witnesses to the attack and the grim aftermath
Despite her success, Jodie is keen not to take anything for granted, saying: ‘I think you’ll always have a moment when you walk into a room and you think, ‘Oh wow, how did I get here?’… I hope I never get too comfortable; I think it’s nice to have those moments, but I definitely feel more steady in myself now.
‘I feel it more in the publicity side… when you’re having to be yourself, instead of being on set. It’s like, when you’re on set that’s your work, that’s what you’re focused on, and then when you have to go into the world as yourself that can be quite exposing and you can feel a bit out of body.’
A master of accents, not many are aware that Jodie is actually Liverpudlian, an identity she has become wholly comfortable with: ‘I mean, [people] in America think I’m Scottish, or they just think [of] The Beatles, you know! So, it is very different over there. I feel like I’m in a different place now in a sense of feeling like I know who I am.’
Lucky: She said: ‘I’ve been lucky that a lot of the women I’ve played have been so fully fleshed out and colorful that now it’s set the bar’
Last year, Jodie teamed up with fellow Liverpudlian actor and close friend Stephen Graham on Channel 4’s Covid 19-inspired drama Help, in which she played care assistant Sarah in a storyline navigating the early days of the pandemic.
She said: ‘I know there were people who [said], ‘Oh it’s too soon’, and that’s fine, I respect that – if it is too soon for people then they absolutely shouldn’t have to watch it. But also, in a sense, there’s no time like the present. That’s the beauty of drama. Even though it’s uncomfortable and confronting, it’s an insight into what someone else went through and is still going through. [Help] was my first project that I did that was political and really had something to say, and I left feeling like it really shaped me, in a way.
‘I really enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate a woman from Liverpool, [who is similar to] the women that I know.’
To see the full interview, read PORTER at http://www.net-a-porter.com/porter/article-088ccbd1cd6de120
Talented: Last year, Jodie teamed up with fellow Liverpudlian actor and close friend Stephen Graham on Channel 4’s Covid 19-inspired drama Help, in which she played care assistant Sarah in a storyline navigating the early days of the pandemic
