Jodie Comer's Hollywood knock-backs left her fearful of career: 'We all have insecurities'

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BBC America drama Killing Eve.Her portrayal of the Russian assassin made her the youngest-ever winner of the best actress in a drama series Emmy in 2019 at the age of just 26.She also had notable roles in E4 comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary, Doctor Foster, Thirteen, Elizabeth of York, The White Princess.Most recently in TV, she starred in the 2021 Channel 4 short film Help, alongside Stephen Graham.The poignant film highlighted the immense pressure and harrowing struggles care homes in the UK suffered during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.Also last year, she secured her first lead role in a big studio Hollywood film Free Guy, alongside Ryan Reynolds.And now, she's a favourite to win an Oscar for her turn as a 14th century woman who dares to accuse a man of rape in Ridley Scott’s film The Last Duel.In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter on their podcast Award's Chatter, Jodie spoke of previous film auditions that turned her down, and left her wondering if she was destined to just be a TV actress instead.But looking back to the time before she took Hollywood by storm, the actress, regarded by Jason Bourne star Matt Damon as "a generational talent", spoke of how she never thought any of this would happen.Admitting she used to fear that she wouldn’t have the opportunity to act in films, when asked whether she believed she would be stuck as a TV actress in people's minds, she replied honestly: "We all have our insecurities and that was absolutely one of mine."Having gone for many, many auditions for films and not getting it and then going, 'Oh gosh...

maybe I'm a television actress!'"This is what I was saying in my head."But Jodie proved herself wrong, and low and behold she could be on track to win an.