Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer horrified as ‘intense’ fans beg her to murder them with her stilettos
KILLING Eve’s Jodie Comer admits she's horrified when ‘intense’ fans beg her to murder them with her stilettos.
The 27-year-old actress plays stylish assassin Villanelle in the hit BBC series, which is currently airing its third season.
Villanelle has killed her targets in an array of weird and wonderful ways, leading some fans to make some odd requests in real life.
Discussing fans who take the term killer heels too literally and ask to be killed by her stilettos, Jodie told : "I don't [respond]. The thing is: I couldn’t be more different from her.
"I’ve got no coordination, and I’m so clumsy and fall on my own feet. So if they want me to kill them, it would not be as cool as Villanelle. It would be awful.”
Despite her fondness of violence, Jodie believes Villanelle offers fans something of a vicarious thrill.
She explained: "There’s always that element of, ‘Oh, I really want to have a drink with her, but then do I?'
"Forget the killing and that stuff, but there’s something about her that makes people want to live through her, and there’s a lot of enjoyment to be had there.
"But yes, there is definitely an intense support, which has been incredible...but it’s definitely, definitely intense.”
Despite Villanelle's loyal fan base, Jodie recently had to hit back at claims her killer character is 'going soft' in season three.
After Villanelle discovered her family - who she has always believed to be dead - was actually alive, she paid them a visit.
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However things with her mother ended badly and she ended up setting fire to their home, but not before giving her younger brother enough notice to flee.
Jodie explained: "People are like: 'That's so out of character,' but what I keep finding as I play her is that she's ever growing."
"It becomes more apparent to me that the more we go on with each season, the more we can't stick to formulas that may have worked in season 1.
"It's hard to keep that up and it not get tedious. We have to grow with her. We have to listen to what it is she's saying and what she's experiencing. And I think that felt true to where she's at right now."
Killing Eve continues tonight on BBC iPlayer.
