Post by HELENA MARIA on Nov 12, 2021 12:29:48 GMT
In 2022, Jodie Comer will say goodbye to the TV role that made her a household name — Villanelle in BBC America’s “Killing Eve” — and forge ahead with a promising film career and theater debut.
As she receives Variety and the Edinburgh TV Festival’s 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award, the Liverpool-born actor says she’s parking her insecurities about moving from TV to film, and looking ahead to a West End debut she never thought would happen.
While most British actors start out in theater before graduating to the screen sector, Comer’s done it in reverse — though it wasn’t for lack of trying.
“I’ve done a lot of theater auditions throughout the years and a lot of the feedback was often very, very positive, but it was always, ‘She’s not theater trained. She hasn’t gone to drama school,’” Comer tells Variety. “I used to get quite defeated by that, and then I got to a point where I was like, ‘The right thing will come along with a director who believes in me, and who wants to do that extra work — whatever needs to be done.’”
As she receives Variety and the Edinburgh TV Festival’s 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award, the Liverpool-born actor says she’s parking her insecurities about moving from TV to film, and looking ahead to a West End debut she never thought would happen.
While most British actors start out in theater before graduating to the screen sector, Comer’s done it in reverse — though it wasn’t for lack of trying.
“I’ve done a lot of theater auditions throughout the years and a lot of the feedback was often very, very positive, but it was always, ‘She’s not theater trained. She hasn’t gone to drama school,’” Comer tells Variety. “I used to get quite defeated by that, and then I got to a point where I was like, ‘The right thing will come along with a director who believes in me, and who wants to do that extra work — whatever needs to be done.’”
Eventually, that director — “Together” helmer Justin Martin — materialized, along with Suzie Miller’s award-winning play “Prima Facie,” which Comer will headline next spring at the Harold Pinter Theatre — a role she wasn’t entirely sure was hers, even after she was specifically given the script.
“It was just kind of sent to me with no attachment, and no ‘this is on offer’ or ‘you can audition for this.’ I was like, ‘Is this for me? What’s the situation?’ And they said, ‘If you want to be a part of it, we would love to speak with you.’ And, you know, this is something very new to me.”
“It was just kind of sent to me with no attachment, and no ‘this is on offer’ or ‘you can audition for this.’ I was like, ‘Is this for me? What’s the situation?’ And they said, ‘If you want to be a part of it, we would love to speak with you.’ And, you know, this is something very new to me.”
