Villanelle
Villanelle possesses a cold brutality under her innocent looking exterior. With an appetite for killing groaning in her gut, she is a living, breathing, shopping, killing psychopath. Contentedly living outside any human moral code, Villanelle kills with flare, recklessness and absolutely no conscience.
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Jodie Comer
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She can be adorable, playful, funny, frightening, warm, chilling, vulnerable, impenetrable… anything you want her to be. She’s naughty – she took great pleasure in pushing the boundaries with her eternally patient handler Konstantin. As much of a goddess as she is a devil, either way, she is extraordinary.
Villanelle had nothing before she was trained to become a purpose-built killer. Her instruction was to, without enquiry, assassinate individuals around the world, and it brought her the lifestyle she loves.
Villanelle outwardly appears charismatic and charming, funny, polite and engaging, yet she has a look in her eye that seems to go on forever...something dark that we can’t put our finger on. It’s impossible to know what she is thinking or feeling...because something is missing.
She has an impulsive side that lets her down. Her ego requires her to feel invincible and essential, and then there’s a certain kind of woman… early 40s, dark full-bodied hair, no make up, ill-fitting clothes: Eve. In Season One, Villanelle lets Eve get far too close. Close enough that Eve stabs her. Villanelle had become so reckless that her precariously curated existence started to unravel.
Villanelle may be a masterful assassin with her own inimitable style but now she’s injured by her obsession, Eve. Villanelle is alone, bleeding out and hunted.
