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Jodie Comer has said she will miss playing her ‘daring’ character Villanelle ahead of Killing Eve’s final and fourth series.
The actress, 28, who is nominated for the Leading Actress gong for her role at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards, discussed the hit BBC series during a Q&A chaired by Rhianna Dhillon ahead of Sunday’s ceremony.
Jodie was joined by fellow nominees Letitia Wright (Small Axe) and Hayley Squires (Adult Material) during the interview.
Sad: Jodie Comer has said she will miss playing her ‘daring’ character Villanelle ahead of Killing Eve’s final and fourth series (pictured in 2019)
Talking about what she will miss the most about playing assassin Villanelle once Killing Eve airs its fourth and final series, Jodie admitted: ‘Gosh, oh God I’m like: “Don’t say that out loud!” Oh God, I just had so much fun.
‘As long as there is truth in what you are saying, acting can be big and it can be bold and it can be in your face and it can be a bit ugly and it can be all of these different things like not everything has to be super subtle.
‘I don’t know another word that I can think of, but you know what I mean? I guess just to be a little bit more daring, you know. There’s no need to feel silly about what it is that you may want to do. I’ve just had so much fun.
‘I’ve been in such strange you know, funny situations and met some amazing, amazing people so yeah, I think that’s what I’ll miss the most.’
Famous role: The actress, 28, who is nominated for the Leading Actress gong for her role at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards, discussed the hit BBC series during a Q&A chaired by Rhianna Dhillon ahead of Sunday’s ceremony (pictured as Villanelle in still)
Leading Actresses: Jodie was joined by fellow nominees Letitia Wright (Small Axe) and Hayley Squires (Adult Material) during the interview
Jodie was also asked whether Villanelle would make a good Bond character and collaborating with Killing Eve creator, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who worked on the screenplay of the latest 007 film No Time to Die.
The Liverpudlian joked: ‘Oh, that would be a crossover. I don’t know if Villanelle would allow it. I think she’d want her own. She’d be like I’m not being a Bond villain.
‘If Phoebe Waller-Bridge is doing another film and wants to write that in, be my guest. I will do anything that woman does like hands down. But yeah, I’m actually excited to see that I feel like.’
Jodie also discussed working with Sandra Oh who plays Villanelle’s onscreen love interest and enemy Eve Polastri on Killing Eve.
The end! Talking about what she will miss the most about playing assassin Villanelle once Killing Eve airs its fourth and final series, Jodie admitted: ‘Gosh, oh God I’m like: “Don’t say that out loud!” Oh God, I just had so much fun.’
The actress said: ‘There’s just like a really strong connection and I feel like I found that, felt that the moment that I auditioned with her. It was the same with Kim Bodnia [he plays Konstantin Vasiliev].
‘You know, and in this series where we introduced Villanelle’s mother like those relationships where you don’t have to say an awful lot, you know we don’t actually see each other an awful lot when we’re off set.
‘But then when you’re on set and you’re doing the material, it’s all kind of fizzing away but she’s been incredible to me. You know, to think of where this show started, you know.
‘I remember her and Phoebe [Waller-Bridge] being like this show could be kind of a big thing! Like, you know we’re just warning you so you can like prepare yourself!
Creator: Jodie was also asked whether Villanelle would make a good Bond character and collaborating with Killing Eve creator, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, pictured in 2019, who worked on the screenplay of the latest 007 film No Time to Die
‘And so she’s always kind of put her arm around me in that way. So yeah, I’m interested to see where series four goes.’
The three stars were asked to give advice to any young aspiring female actors who have started pursuing an acting career during the pandemic.
Hayley, 33, who plays Jolene Dollar in Adult Material, said: ‘I suppose patience? But patience is kind of an overreaching piece of advice I would give to anybody pursuing this career whether you went to drama school or you didn’t, or you went in through via a different route.
‘I think patience, being able to have as much calm and clarity with yourself as you can because it can begin to feel like a madness when you’re trying to work.
Co-stars: Jodie also discussed working with Sandra Oh who plays Villanelle’s onscreen love interest and enemy Eve Polastri on Killing Eve
‘And I think the world is such that so often it’s easy to go online and see what other people are doing and spending like a lot of time being like, you know, why aren’t I doing that?
‘So, I think patience and calm and just having a concentration on your work and what you’re heading towards, but just know that it doesn’t all need to happen overnight or happen immediately.
‘It’s about the long game and you’ll keep your head about you better that way I think.’
To which Jodie agreed: ‘I mean, I think Hayley called with all grounds. Seriously, I think it’s so true like keep your head down, focus on what you’re doing and exactly don’t expect it to all be here tomorrow.’
Letitia, 27, added: ‘I guess also to add to that would be knowing who you are as a person. It’s a great opportunity for self-discovery.
‘I feel like a lot of the times you know some, sometimes people don’t really know who they are. And maybe we’ve been in that in that place. Maybe we are in that place.
‘You just have to really know yourself and like know your nos and your yeses and what you’re willing to do and who you are as an artist.
‘Figure that out and I think that’s most important because that will help you to have longevity as much as this career can offer you, but knowing who you are, so if you do get a disappointing, no, it doesn’t knock you, it doesn’t take you out, it just helps you to build.’
Shortlist: Diversity’s controversial BGT Black Lives Matter routine (pictured) was nominated for the BAFTA Television Awards 2021’s Must-See Moment award
The trio will be attending this Sunday’s ceremony, where they are all nominated for the Leading Actress gong.
Other nominees include Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie), Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) and Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You).
Several of the year’s biggest TV moments will be celebrated on Sunday, with Diversity’s controversial BLM-inspired routine on Britain’s Got Talent, which sparked 24,500 complaints to Ofcom, featured in the must-see moment category.
The category, which is voted for by the public, also sees nods to Penelope being revealed as Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton and when Luke Skywalker appeared in the climax of The Mandalorian’s second season.
Drama: Bridgerton’s Lady Whistledown shock twist, which revealed Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan, pictured) as the mysterious gossip, was also on the shortlist
However it’s Small Axe which leads this year’s nominations with 15 nods.
The BBC One anthology film series, directed by Sir Steve McQueen, picked up six TV nominations and nine in the craft categories, including a nod for the Mini-Series gong alongside Normal People, Adult Material and I May Destroy You.
Small Axe – which features five films that tell stories about lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s – also picked up two Leading Actor nominations with John Boyega and Shaun Parkes both receiving nods.
Letitia, who also starred in the series, is up for the Leading Actress prize, and she will face competition from Billie (I Hate Suzie), Daisy (Normal People), Hayley (Adult Material), Jodie (Killing Eve) and Michaela (I May Destroy You).
Big hit: Small Axe starring John Boyega (left) and Letitia Wright (right) leads this year’s nominations with 15 nods
Elsewhere, I May Destroy You star Paapa Essiedu will go up against John and Shaun for the Leading Actor award, as well as Normal People actor Paul Mescal, Baghdad Central’s Waleed Zuaiter, and The Crown’s Josh O’Connor.
The Crown received 10 nominations – four for TV and six for the craft categories – including a nod for the Drama Series accolade alongside I Hate Suzie, Save Me Too and Gangs of London.
Other nods included This Country, Man Like Mobeen, Inside No. 9, and Ghosts for the Scripted Comedy prize, and siblings and This Country creators Daisy May and Charlie Cooper received nominations for the Female and Male Performance in a Comedy Programme gongs, respectively.
The ceremony will be hosted by Richard Ayoade, while Stacey and Vick take charge of the red carpet presenting.
BAFTA’s The Television Sessions 2021, supported by TCL and The Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards will be broadcast on BBC One at 7pm on Sunday 6 June.
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