Tag: Killing Eve
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‘Killing Eve’ Producers Break Down Who’s Dead and Whose Fate Is Uncertain in the Lethal Finale
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Killing Eve” Season 2, Episode 8 finale, “You’re Mine.”]The second season finale of “Killing Eve” reaches its inevitable conclusion when the assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) finally turns on MI6 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), shooting her in the back and leaving her for dead. It’s the culmination…
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‘Killing Eve’ Breaks Bad Beautifully, Succeeding Where ‘Game of Thrones’ Fails
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for “Killing Eve” Season 2, Episode 7, “Wide Awake”]In the week after “Game of Thrones” took a beating for giving one character an abrupt and perplexing villainous turn, “Killing Eve” takes another step in its season-long arc to lure MI6 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) to the dark side.…
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‘Killing Eve’: Henry Lloyd-Hughes Goes Inside the Awkward Family Dinner That Turned Violent
“I lived to tell the tale.”On “Killing Eve,” not many can boast as much after a violent run-in with the assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer). But for now, actor Henry Lloyd-Hughes can say his character Aaron Peel survives —albeit with a very bloody nose — after Sunday’s episode.This season, “Killing Eve” introduces the idea of a…
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‘Killing Eve,’ Jodie Comer, and Benedict Cumberbatch Triumph at BAFTA TV Awards
Phoebe Waller Bridge’s slinky thriller “Killing Eve” made its mark at the BAFTA TV Awards on May 12, taking home three prizes, including drama series, lead actress for Jodie Comer and supporting actress for Fiona Shaw.Now airing its second season on BBC America, the series centers around a bored spy played by Sandra Oh who…
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Killing Eve takes top prizes in Bafta TV awards 2019
Jodie Comer wins best leading actress award as Phoebe Waller-Bridge is praised for her ‘glass-shattering genius’Killing Eve came out on top at the 2019 British Academy Television Awards, winning best drama series, best leading actress for Jodie Comer, and best supporting actress for Fiona Shaw after seeing off competition from Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch,…
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‘Killing Eve’: Villanelle and Eve Are Becoming More Alike, and That’s Truly Frightening
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “Killing Eve” Season 2, Episode 5, “Smell Ya Later.”]At long last, “Killing Eve” gives fans the face-off they’ve been waiting for when MI6 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) and assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) share an intimate moment filled with champagne, meaningful glances, and of course, death threats. The…
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Edward Bluemel on ‘A Discovery of Witches’ and Playing a Troublemaker or ‘Killing Eve’
Actor Edward Bluemel currently has quite an interesting double feature (on AMC and BBC America on Sunday nights) going on in the States, as Marcus Whitmore, a vampire doctor who’s concerned about his species’ failure to procreate in A Discovery of Witches, and as Hugo, one of Eve’s colleagues in the new MI6 taskforce in…
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‘Killing Eve’ Preview: Konstantin Is ‘Not Safe at All’ Around Villanelle
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “Killing Eve” Season 2, Episode 3, “The Hungry Caterpillar.”]On “Killing Eve,” certain people just cannot resist the strange allure of Villanelle (Jodie Comer), and now that her handler Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) came back from the dead in the last episode, he wastes little time in reuniting with his…
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‘Killing Eve’ Review: Everyone Gives Into Temptation Except Carolyn in a Maddening Episode
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for “Killing Eve” Season 2, Episode 3, “The Hungry Caterpillar.”]Only on “Killing Eve” can a dangerous blade hidden in lipstick be interpreted as a love note. In the final moments of Sunday’s episode, MI6 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) cuts herself using the doctored lipstick left in her purse…
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Fiona Shaw: ‘I’m delighted to be in with the young crowd!’
After her icy spymaster role in Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Killing Eve, the acclaimed stage actor couldn’t resist a part in Fleabag. Finally, she says, women’s roles are improvingFor an actress best known for her classical stage work, Fiona Shaw is suddenly all over our screens. In the last six months, she has popped up on…