Jodie Comer thought about losing her Merseyside accent before actor Stephen Graham told her not to. The 27-year-old from Liverpool has become a worldwide star in the BBC series playing ruthless assassin Villanelle, who uses multiple disguises and accents.
Some fans were shocked when they heard her real Scouse accent – and the actress now admits she considered changing it. She said: “It’s funny because when I was much younger, when I was with another agency and really young, I don’t know where I got it from, but I thought, ‘I have to lose my accent’.And I remember working with Stephen Graham and he was great.
He was like, ‘Don’t you dare lose your accent’. And I didn’t.“Maybe it’s just this idea of being working class from the north-west,.
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