Villanelle actress on Killing Eve season 3: it will be less hectic, Jodie Comer says, as story picks up six months after Eve is shot
- After the shocking ending of season 2, the new season picks up with Eve, who has survived, keeping a low profile
- Comer, the show’s executive producer, and writers behind the women-led series talk about the upcoming storylines
When we last saw the TV character Eve Polastri, she was crumpled on the stony ground of some ancient Roman ruins. She had been shot. So the natural question for Season 3 is: Is Eve dead? The answer from the creators of the hit series is a resounding: “Are you kidding?”
“Nah,” says the show’s executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle with a hearty laugh. Fans have also approached actress Jodie Comer, whose character shot Eve at the end of the second season. “I’m like, ‘C’mon, guys! C’mon!’ I love that people are so involved,” she says.
Eve may not be dead, but she’s keeping a low profile. Comer, who won an Emmy Award for playing the assassin Villanelle, says the action picks up six months after the shooting in Rome.
“That is very short-lived,” Comer says. “There is a visitor from her past who she is definitely not expecting or ready for. That takes her on a different course again.” Any guesses who that visitor might be?
Season 2’s shocking ending was a mirror of how season 1 ended, with Eve plunging a knife into Villanelle’s belly. Since then, Eve’s life has unravelled even more – not only her marriage and job with a secret British intelligence unit, but also her ethics. Season 2 saw Eve murder someone with an axe. (“How did it feel?” Villanelle asked her earnestly. “Wet,” Eve said flatly.)