I was like, “Wow.
This is against what you usually see.
“COMER:Leather catsuit.OH:Crawling around in sexy pants.
It’s like, “What is this trope?”
Suddenly a completely different voice and a different point of view come in.COMER:It was refreshing.
I was really surprised by it.
I just knew that it was going to be so much fun.
Of course, hard work…OH:Oh God, all the s that you did?
[Oh laughs.]
Oh, you guys weren’t kidding!”
What was your first reaction to that twist?
OH:I was in Phoebe’s mom’s kitchen when we were working on that scene.
Honestly, [in] earlier drafts, it was the other way around.
Which then sparked a lot of things for her to write.
And then the next moment I was like, “What’s the next thing I would do?
It would be like this!”
[Makes stabbing motion] And then we both were like [astonished gasp].
For me, it was so exciting, not so much to fool the audience or whatever.
I found it so exciting as a character to play.
Like, “Whyyy?”
Why is she doing that?
And what does it mean to take it out?
And what is it for Villanelle, who basically let her do it?
And in connection to [season 2], what she feels Eve’s reasoning is for doing this.
What is their dynamic in season 2?
How angry is Villanelle at Eve?OH:Sheangry.
[Sings] It’s a bad relationship!
This is what also is so complicated in the relationship.
[Laughs] That would piss her off more.
What’s the biggest challenge for the show in season 2?
How do you move from a cat and mouse to a cat andcat?
Like cats playing with each other.
And how do you move [from] the expectation of it into the truth of the characters?
It’s like, how do they be together?
How do they be separate?
I think that has definitely been a creative challenge.COMER:I think so too.
At the end, their characters are in a very different place now.
I heard that the filming of a pasta-eating scene with Villanelle almost led to an untimely demise.COMER:Oh.
God!OH:That was scary!COMER:This is actually really triggering.
I told my brother about it and he was like, “I love this.
Of all the things that could have killed Villanelle, it was a mouthful of pasta.”
She’s trying to prove a point about something.
She’s playing it up, being her usual childish self, and the pasta was extremely dry.
And it was extremely thick.
It was my most dangerous Villanelle moment.
Because she does have a level of humanity.
She makes you laugh, and you find her relatable sometimes.
That’s the conflict that the audience has when watching her.
I think with both characters, it’s not black-and-white.
[Laughs]COMER:Just a little poke.
And how much of Eve is lost in this pursuit of Villanelle?OH:All.
And I think it bites her [affects British accent] in thebuttocks.
And she has to get with reality.OH:They both do.
She just wants someone to watch movies with!
What is…theHousewives?COMER:I watch Housewives.OH:There you go.
It’s probably theHousewivesor something.COMER:Big Brother.
Because she’s a people watcher.
And she’s like, “I love this.”
It’s such a brilliant moment!OH:Oh my God.
Villanelle should go onto a reality TV show.
“OH:“Where’s Ashley?“COMER:She’sgonnnne.
Eve and Villanelle are placed in a room with a button.
If neither presses it, they both die.
How do those 60 seconds play out?OH:Ohhh!
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