Jodie Comer covers the latest issue of British Vogue to promote the third season of Killing Eve. I find the difference between Comer in still photos versus in-motion to be kind of startling. She is extremely photogenic and in still photos, she looks impossibly beautiful and striking. In motion, she’s got more of a goofy-normal-pretty vibe. She definitely seems, to me, like the heir of Cate Blanchett in that regard. Plus, her real Liverpool accent is adorable and lyrical, which you can enjoy in the Vogue video at the end of the post. She chatted with British Vogue about the phase of her career where she didn’t get any work, and Killing Eve and some other stuff:
The phase where she wasn’t working: “I remember there was a year where I didn’t work for eight or nine months. You get up in the morning, get yourself ready, get to the train station, two-hour train, get to your audition, you’re in there for 10 minutes, and then you’re coming all the way back home. Sometimes I was doing it three times a week. What I realised, the more that I wasn’t working, was that I stunk of desperation, basically. It became: ‘I need the job.’ And then you go into auditions and they can smell it.”
Whether we’ll ever see Villainelle’s past: “We kind of delve into it a little bit. The audience love what they love about her, but it’s been nice to show a different side to that. Maybe a little bit of vulnerability.”
She’s in love but cryptic about it: “I’m very much in it. I think love’s the best. I’d been single for a while and just kind of going with the flow and doing my thing. That’s the thing, isn’t it? When you’re relaxed and letting the universe do what it’s doing, things kind of fall into place. Which is very much what happened. Which is great.”
People always say that, that when you’re relaxed and not-looking, that’s when you meet someone. I’ve never found that to be the case in my life or anyone around me. I find that when you’re relaxed and single and not really looking, you just get used to that and you sort of forget what it’s like to be involved with someone.
Here’s the video! She’s so utterly cute here.
Cover and Instagram courtesy of British Vogue.
Major girl crush. She is so unique in both her looks and her effortless onscreen presence. I hope her star continues to rise.
I hadn’t heard of her until I watched Dr. Foster (every episode!) this week. She was great in it! Now I want to watch Killing Eve next : )
Dr. Foster was so exhausting but I really enjoy Jodie and Suranne Jones so I stuck it out. I feel in the minority of those that really loved it but found 2 actresses I thoroughly enjoy!
Dr Foster was ridiculous! But in a really campy farcical way; I felt like they were trying to be ridiculous on purpose.
I remember thinking to myself ‘why on earth am I watching this crap? but it was really fun at the same time’.
And I love both Jodie and Suranne Jones – great actors.
I also love the last pic, the outfit with the ruffled shirt and suit. I think it’s styled by Victoria Beckham – really chic.
It does look like VB! Thanks for pointing that out.
The camp was strong wasn’t it? I laughed all the way through. I even laughed at the very end and felt terrible because of the shout out to runways.
Both women are absolutely stunning. Suranne in those Gentleman Jack costumes were superb. Don’t get me started on Killing Eve because I’ll never shut up. I was enthralled in the first 2 minutes when she smacks the ice cream into that little girl’s lap!
If anyone loves camp and not such good acting, Lifetime Movie Club is 3.99/mo and brings endless joy.
Yes! I got into DF but stopped and then found myself avoiding it. Like I didn’t have the energy that night or whatever to watch another epi. Maybe I’ll get back into it now being at home all the time.
Check it out just to roll your eyes and chuckle. My motto for shows, movies, all the nutter stuff like DF is they can’t afford to get it right. If you start to question and use logic, the joy will be gone.
@Mel M: I would advise to push through if your can. Season 2 is insane! You may end up blaming me wasting precious hours of your life that you’ll never get back, for which, I apologise in advance.
@ruby woo, ok I will try my best lol.
Also agree the Surabne is also so beautiful. I actually found are Foster after binging Scott and Bailey. So so disappointed in that last season though and not getting another or more closure idk. While I’m at it, same goes for Happy Valley where did that go I was both addicted and thoroughly disturbed by that one. That lead me to watch Grantchester so I didn’t just think of JN as a psycho.
The premiere of Season 3 got pushed up two weeks so it is coming on 4/12 instead of 4/26.
YAY !!!!
1. She is insanely beautiful. She has a very striking, gamine face.
2. Story time: I know it is incredibly cliche, but it was true for me. I deleted all of my dating apps, decided I would be fine if I became the cool spinster aunt, spent the summer pampering myself and taking fabulous trips, and didn’t think about dating for several months. One Sunday I after a very slow jog, I took myself to my favorite little bakery, (Sweet 16th. Nashville represent!) got a piece of lemon cake and a bag of ice for my knee, and in walked my now husband. His pick up line was “Want me to take a look at that knee?”.
What a great story Flamingo!
The meaning of “you’ll find it when you stop looking” is not literally “stop looking.” (If you have stopped looking altogether, you probably seem closed for business and most people will stay away.)
It’s more like relax your grip or let go of some of your preconceived notions of what you thought you wanted/needed. Don’t focus on comparing yourself to others or what you don’t have, and use what you do have to evolve into a more sincere, self-confident person who doesn’t beg for attention and love. People who take care of themselves are simply more attractive than those who reek of desperation. (Though abusers will be drawn to the desperate ones, so they can take advantage.) Same with job-hunting, as she described needing the job so much she couldn’t seem to get one. If you seem pathetically in need, you will probably only get jobs that abuse/exploit your need for money and validation.
Her accent is quite odd, it’s all mixed up. Sometimes Scouse sometimes not.
There’s something Uma Thurmanish about her looks. Very striking.
I think she’s incredibly beautiful, but she’s so funny as Villanelle, it almost sneaks by.
I actually did meet my husband when I was relaxed and not looking. I had decided to stop dating after terrible dates with needy guys and terrible sex, and just liking being single and not having any obligations to anyone else. About two months after my last date, this guy with pretty eyes and a great deep voice and matching sense of humor started at my job. He was in the same place, had stopped dating and was just enjoying being single. It can happen!