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"They want more they’re capable of more and when they discover each other, they become almost reckless in their pursuit of each other." "They’re both women who are very professionally capable, but they are not quite given the respect they deserve," he says. Jennings envisioned these characters as a shift away from the "cardboard masculine heroes" often found in thrillers. "From the first frame of her screen test, Jodie was absolutely bang on the money," he says, to play the magnetic psychopath. Jodie Comer, who plays Eve's rival, the assassin Villanelle, also wowed Jennings during the audition process. Proof they made the right decision? Oh's recent Golden Globe for season one. What you see is a very transparent performance. "Sandra is a wonderful actress because she has no vanity about the way that she presents herself. She saw the humor in it, the wit, and the self deprecation," Jennings told T&C. "What we had in Sandra was someone who absolutely embodied the spirit of that role and did so with a wonderful humor that nobody else that was seen for the role really saw. But in the end, Oh's Canadian nationality, and her Korean heritage, didn't impact her casting. It's an understandable character choice, given that Eve has a career in British intelligence.
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