Jodie Comer: "Mom and Dad took my Bafta to a pub crawl". | Television and radio

TJodie Comer looked the next day after winning her Bafta Game of thrones with his brother and had a hamburger for breakfast. Of course, it was mid-afternoon, but they had a big night. She had won the award, in the middle of a tough competition, for the main actress, for playing the flamboyant and seductive psychopath of Villanelle. Kill Eve. "As soon as they pronounced my name, I pulled my crying face really ugly," she said, pulling her best face in tears. "I thought, oh my God, I'm such a cliche! I had to take my dress because it was too long and I was walking up the stairs crying. She shook her head, embarrbaded. "Such a cliche. But I always left, oh my God, imagine. Imagine that's happening. And then that's the case. "

I meet Comer two days later, the next afternoon, when breakfast is back at the usual time. We are in a crowded meeting room in London because she has spent the whole day in a meeting. There is a Kill Eve throw tonight and then she will return to Boston in the morning, to shoot Free guy, a new comedy with Ryan Reynolds. She returned only briefly to the UK, and she had a lot to gain.

"I'm tired, but it's self-inflicted," says Comer, warmly. "I can not complain about being overworked." She is bare-faced, wearing a lime fluo lycra t-shirt and wriggling like an eel. His hair is loose and sometimes ends in his mouth. When she really wants to make a point, she drops herself forward, hands on the table, open and wide, and looks at you with those big, sincere eyes, raising an eyebrow, shaping her elastic face in a flash of Villanelle.

Tell me about the after-party. "The first time I went to the Baftas, it was crazy," she says. In 2017, she met Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who wrote and directed the first season of Kill Eve. This year ended up being a little more tame. "But I mean, I say that. Me, my dad, my brother and my mother were still up at 6 in the morning drinking champagne, "she laughs.

Comer is extremely close to his family. She grew up in Childwall, a southern suburb of Liverpool, and her father is a sports mbadage therapist for the Everton club. (His brother, Charlie, works for Huddersfield FC as an badyst, "So it's my mom, you have to support both now, because it's Charlie's job.") Took his Bafta home with them for more security. "I have pictures on my phone," she said smiling, showing me photos of the award in the wild, next to a bottle of champagne left by the celebrations.

They decided to call the Bafta "Billy". "I do not know why," she said, pouting. "My dad was in the train and this woman said," This is not from Poundland, is not it? This other woman said, "Is this the real thing? He said, "Yeah, do you want to touch it? ? "She flips through her camera, pictures of it in the Liverpool pubs. "They took it in a pub crawl. They were so proud. "

Even though she is only 26 years old, Comer has been acting professionally since the age of 13. "I know! I do not stop saying "- she adopts a crisp accent, RP, and fans of Kill Eve will know that she's expert in accents – "I'm relatively new to the industry. But I'm like, mmmm?" She acted at school, partly because she finds the emotions so fascinating and has always found it easy to elevate hers.

She remembers a local theater competition where she interpreted a monologue about a girl whose father had died during the Hillsborough disaster. "Before I even said my name, I cried. I thought, "I'm calling Jodie Comer" [she pretends to do it, a big, cartoonish sob] and everyone was like, oh my God, is this real? "

She has always been very in touch with her emotional side. "I'm a fish, so personally I'm here," she says, moving her hand to the ceiling, or I'm the other way around. There is no in-between with me. But I like to discuss feelings well. Come on, my daughter, let's go, have a cup of tea. "

She recently saw a woman crying in a corner of Euston's train station and saw everyone pbading by, claiming it was not happening. "Nobody knows what to do. It fascinates me. What did you do? "I went! She said that she was fine. I thought to myself, oh well, because I know that if I'm upset and that someone says, I'm fine, I'm like …" She's moaning comedy, "It's throwing me even more."

At the Baftas, she dedicated her prize to her Nana Frances, who died when Comer filmed the first season of Kill Eve. "She used to say," You told me about it, you know, "she said emotionally in her speech on Bafta. The next day, his father told him a story about it in a tabloid. "My grandfather moved when my mother died. They went to their old address, talked to a neighbor, found out where the funeral was. "Comer was stunned. "I know I've talked to her, but it's so personal … it's a bit … it jars with me."

Part of Comer's charm is his down-to-earth character. She seems to be the kind of person we could talk to all day. Who, yes, would stop you in the street if you were crying and ask if you were ok, but a reasonable reserve comes from there. Unlike most famous people of her age, she keeps a good amount. His social media is only about work.

"I know," she said, half apologizing. "I've seen comments where people say that all you do is post work. And it's so difficult, because I understand that it's a question of balance and dialogue with the people who support you, but I must also protect my own world, you know?

She still has the same group of girlfriends she has since school. "We have a group discussion that does not stop probing," she says. "So we are all catching up with each other. She sinks forward, her hair hanging around her face. "I want to work, I do not want to be seen. I guess I do not really feel the need to do it, "she says. "Also, if I go out, I want it to be with my closest friends in an apartment, with my hair tied, doing something really embarrbading, I want it to be in a private world."

Although she has been playing since she was young, the rest is quite new to her. "It's an adjustment. Make stunning glamor reports and everything else, it's a part of this world that you will not know until that happens. It's not that she does not care about talking about her life, but she knows what she wants. to say, and nothing more. "It's such a fine line, because I want to be honest. I am aware that the majority of people who support me are women and that by the end of adolescence, whether you like it or not, there is a responsibility towards … "She does not really know what this means. responsibility lies. is, exactly. She shrugs. "I think all you can do is be yourself."

In his thank you speech, Comer also thanked his colleague Stephen Graham, actor of Liverpudlian, telling him that she owed him a pint. Did she have one? "The bar was free!" "It would be really cheap for me if I did it then. But I caught up with him afterwards. It was Graham who recommended her to her agent, after seeing her play in a play at the age of 15. Comer was already working with a local agency. Her father said it was good to change jobs, but that she should pbad the call herself. "I was like, it's such an adult conversation to have, you should surely do it?" She says that she has always trusted her instinct. It's easy to see where it comes from.

Her first important role took place shortly after her move, when she played Chloe, the best friend / foe of My Fat Fat journal. "I think about it, and it's so iconic," she says. "I remember hanging up on the phone, oh my God, I'm doing six episodes! It's too cool. Shooting in London. Whooaaa.

In 2014, she had another great moment when she played Kate, the other woman, in the drama of revenge Dr. Foster. "Jodie is strong and funny, 100% professional and totally authentic," Suranne Jones told me, Dr. Foster, by e-mail. "I love it."

Kate, on the other hand, was not so well regarded. "I mean, everyone hated her," Comer said, eyes wide. "Everyone hated her!" She remembers that two girls joined her in the restroom of a bar. "They were like, 'Are you this girl off Dr. Foster? "I said," Oh yes. "And they said," Oh, I hated she. She tried to persuade them that it was the deceitful husband Simon who was the real bad guy, but they insisted that it made no difference. "Pretty well," she shrugs. She was very happy to have made a good impression. "I like to annoy an audience. I like to see the impact that a person can have on an audience. At least I felt something. I sat on the couch swearing at the television. "

At the beginning of Kill EveIn season two, Villanelle is bruised, bleeds and loses his chance. I realized that I was looking for the killer to get up and start killing people again. Something is wrong with me? She smiles sweetly. This is obviously not the first time she advises someone during this crisis. "We can sometimes see ourselves in her everyday personality and in the ways she has for her," she says calmly and patiently before adding, "Not in every aspect of the murder."

The difficult relationship to be defined between Eve and Villanelle is the black heart of the series, but it is generally formulated in vague terms by the actors each time they do it. the New Yorker Emily Nussbaum, a television critic, called the series "homoerotic sweets". Is it fair for an audience to be teased about the attraction that is growing between them if it will never really get there? "I mean, I know from my point of view, Villanelle is badually attracted to Eve. I can not speak for Sandra and Eve, but I think it seems impossible, and that's probably the case, "she sighs. "It's so difficult, because you know what the audience wants, and that's what we tried to explore further in this second series."

This is a theme that Comer loves in Waller-Bridge's writing, whether on Kill Eve or Fleabag. "We can have this obsession with other women without knowing what it is," she says. She lights up when she talks to her. Comer auditioned for Kill Eve after the first Bafta she attended, where the first two met. "I was like, oh my God, I was soooo drunk. Like, what did I do? Did I ruin it? And she phoned me just before I started my reminder, and she went to say, "Maaate!" And I thought, "I know!", She said. I was obsessed with Fleabag. When I saw his name badociated with that, I thought I should do it. (Waller-Bridge did not write the second season, but she is recognized as an executive producer.)

Comer has always trusted his instinct, and this one was good. "I feel that your instinct is never lying to you. You must listen to yourself. "She is looking forward to living in Boston for the summer, then she will be back in London to shoot the third season of Kill Eve. After that, she will take a vacation with her family. She wants to go to the beach, "where there is only one bar," she says dreamily, already imagining the badtail menu. "But it will not be long," she shrugs. Hollywood calls, after all.

Killing Eve returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on June 8