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Sean Morrison

Phoebe Waller-Bridge: I feared my ideas would dry up after finishing Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has told how she feared her ideas would dry up after finishing her hit series Fleabag.

The writer and actress recalled how she went to be after wrapping up the BBC comedy drama and thought: “I’m never going to have another idea again”.

Fleabag made its debut as a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013 and finished with a second, final TV series this year.

Waller-Bridge told the Hollywood Reporter: "The day I wrapped Fleabag, I went to bed thinking, 'I'm never going to have another idea again… oh s***.”

But the actress, also known for award-winning show Killing Eve, said she woke up the next day with "the vision" of a film that she wants to direct.

The writer and actress has also been working on the script for the as-yet-untitled 25th Bond film.

"There's something about James Bond that always intrigued me in a similar way that Villanelle did," she said, referring to Killing Eve assassin Villanelle played by Jodie Comer.

"They live a fantasy! But it's a life none of us would ever want, if we're honest. We don't want to go put a bullet in someone's head to sleep with people and have martinis.

"It's a kind of fantasy nightmare."

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