Killing Eve’s Fiona Shaw says the show is ‘immoral’ and claims some people ‘can’t stand it’ because they ‘hate the violence’ between characters
- The actress, 61, also said she knows that some viewers ‘can’t stand’ the hit drama because of the level of violence that sometimes occurs
- Discussing the show on the BBC’s Obsessed With Killing Eve podcast, Fiona said she loves how it is a ‘knife edge’ between comedy and tragedy
- Fiona stars as MI6 agent Carolyn Martens, who works as head of the Russia desk in the programme
Fiona Shaw thinks Killing Eve is ‘immoral’ and believes people will go on to write essays about the BBC show in the future.
The actress, 61, admitted some viewers ‘can’t stand’ the hit drama, starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh as murderous Villanelle and MI5 operative Eve respectively, because of the level of violence that sometimes occurs.
Discussing the show on the BBC’s Obsessed With Killing Eve podcast, Fiona said she loves how it is a ‘knife edge’ between comedy and tragedy.
Honest: Fiona Shaw has admitted that she thinks the show is ‘immoral’ and believes people will go on to write essays about the show in the future
Fiona stars as MI6 agent Carolyn Martens, who works as head of the Russia desk in the programme.
Admitting sometimes the show can lack morality, Fiona said: ‘I’m sure people will write essays about Killing Eve in the end because it is immoral, amoral, you can really lay down your own morality on it.
‘Some people can’t stand it because they hate the violence in it, they really don’t like the violence.’
Divisive: The actress, 61, also said that she knows that some viewers ‘can’t stand’ the hit BBC drama because of the level of violence that sometimes occurs
The BBC show has become a mega-hit since its release in 2018, earning three Golden Globes, one for each leading lady in 2019 and 2020, and for Best Drama this year.
While Jodie also earned the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmys in 2019, winning over Sandra who was also nominated in the category.
In 2019, Jodie and Fiona won big at the BAFTA Awards, earning the Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards respectively.
Sandra was also celebrated at the Screen Actor’s Guild in 2019 for her role as Eve, as she received the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series.
Success: The BBC show has become a mega-hit since its release in 2018, earning three Golden Globes, one for each leading lady and for Best Drama (pictured, Sandra at 2019’s awards show)
Accolades: Jodie also earned the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmys in 2019 (pictured), winning over Sandra who was also nominated in the category
Podcast hosts Naomi and Zing also quizzed Fiona on what she thought of the use of sexuality in the show.
She replied: ‘Some people are confused by the sexuality in it, but it does do the Shakespearian thing of putting very serious things next to very light things.
‘That’s the nature of life. Carolyn is unlike anyone I’ve ever played, no matter what she’s doing in that moment there’s always something else going on in her mind.
‘I love that it pleases so many people. I have middle aged friends who like it, men like it.’
Fine line: Discussing the show on the BBC’s Obsessed With Killing Eve podcast, Fiona Shaw said that she loves how the show is a ‘knife edge’ between comedy and tragedy (pictured during series three with Raj Bajaj)
During the chat, Fiona was asked what she loves about the show and she recalled her first missing with season one writer, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
She said: ‘Everything, when it was first written I got the script and I was thinking what is this, and then it strangled me, it jumped up and strangled me. I thought this is the most amazing script.’
‘I didn’t know what is it, I thought is this meant to be funny. Every line was so polished. Then I had lunch with Phoebe and she asked me to be in it.
Revealing that sometimes the show can lack morality, Fiona said: ‘I’m sure people will write essays about killing eve in the end because it is immoral, amoral, you can really lay down your own morality on it’
‘I asked ‘why?’ and she said because you used to be in Medea when I was 12.’
‘I thought what’s this got to do with Medea? But that says a lot about Phoebe’s mind, she makes these amazing connections between comedy and tragedy, I think that’s one of her great skills.’
Touching on her reluctance, Fiona said: ‘I had no no clue how to play it, it’s this knife edge thing/ New territory, I wasn’t morally good or bad.
But full of surprises, it’s just a joy to have a roadmap or no roadmap. I would have thought it was impossible to play, but it just isn’t.’
Fiona also detailed what it was like working with Jodie Comer, who plays assassin Villanelle: ‘Jodie takes a while to warm up to something and then when she does she doesn’t let it go.
‘I have one scene with her this season that you haven’t seen it yet, I’m going to give you a spoiler, it takes place in the Royal Albert Hall.’
In March, Sandra revealed that it’s the sense of mystery that drives her sexually-charged scenes with co-star Jodie, and makes the show so loved by viewers.
Star: Fiona also detailed what it was like working with Jodie Comer, who plays assassin Villanelle: ‘Jodie takes a while to warm up to something and then when she does she doesn’t let it go’
Saying she had a ‘profound’ relationship with co-star Jodie she added that she felt the magic to their electric scenes together comes from a trust that’s built over three series of working together.
Sandra told The Sun: ‘We really dive into the relationship. We both understand there’s a lot of mystery between Eve and Villanelle and we play it as such.
‘Usually what happens is, story-wise, Eve and Villanelle are kept apart and at a certain point they crash into each other then have their storyline together.
‘Jodie and I have a profound relationship. At this point, having done three seasons, we trust each other when the magic is happening. That’s how we work it.’
Gushing: In March, Sandra said she had a ‘profound’ relationship with co-star Jodie and felt the magic to their electric scenes together comes from a trust that’s built over three series
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