She’s a rare breed of actor, one who seemingly can do no wrong.
From one project to the next, Jodie Comer’s talent only seems to grow as the world takes watch.
The Liverpudlian is undoubtedly one of the country’s finest performers and her latest film ‘The End We Start From’ is demonstrative of just why her stock is so high within the industry.
She plays a new mum, whose son is born into an apocalyptic world. Climate change has come to a devastating head and Jodie’s character “mother” is forced to abandon her home in search of safety.
While the film isn’t ostensibly about raising awareness of ecological and environmental issues, Jodie believes it could get people talking.
“They are in the midst of a climate crisis, but I think in the telling of the story so much of that is symbolic of her experience.
“It’s quite a nuanced telling. I think all art has that ability, change happens even if it’s just a conversation between friends.”
Whether it’s the charismatic physcopath she played in Killing Eve, or her multiple award-winning stint as a defence barrister on stage in Prima Face, Jodie seeks out work that forces her to dig deep.
I ask her why she leans towards raw and tangible projects and her response is simply, “they excite me and provoke emotion,” she says.
“It’s what I’m drawn to and I think you learn something different on every job, which always kind of stays with you.”
The End We Start From is an outlier in the “disaster movie” sphere, in that there aren’t many scenes of widespread chaos or drawn-out fight sequences.
Rather it favours a focus on individual experience and emotion from within to help deliver the story.
Director Mahalia Belo, who gave birth during lockdown, wanted the film to be as much about the mother and her baby, as it was about the world crumbling around them.
“I like it when films speak about the internal in an external way. You kind of manage to get scale and scope through that,” she says.
“It was important to feel rooted around a women’s journey. It’s about the future and what we are raising them (our children) into.”
Having seen the movie, I can tell you that there is rarely a moment where Jodie is without a baby in her arms.
Real babies were used for the majority of filming and that often posed a charming challenge for the cast.
Jodie remembers the one big rule that “they have to have a break every 20 minutes”.
They’d be “taken away after 20 minutes and another baby would be brought in. Motherhood is explored in a very unique way and working with babies so extensively really created beautiful, honest and spontaneous moments.”
The End We Start From is in cinemas on January 19.
‘There was a lot of women in front of and behind the camera. It was invaluable to me. Not being a mother myself, there were a lot of unknowns.’
Best known for her BAFTA and Emmy award winning performance as the cold-blooded assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve, Jodie Comer is back and has teamed up with the award-winning British Director Mahalia Belo.
Their new environmental disaster thriller ‘The End We Start From’ sees Jodie’s character giving birth amid the floodwaters of a submerged London.
Jodie attended the UK Screening for The End We Start From! Photos of her attending the Event have been added, enjoy!
Proud Northerner Jodie Comer is the most radiant – and relatable – young star in Britain’s acting firmament. Photographed by Tim Walker, styled by Edward Enninful
Just take her reflections on teenage nights out (“six-inch heels, dress, no coat”), her WhatsApp group with her closest mates (“fire, 24 hours a day, seven days a week”), and her early attempts at a beauty routine (“I used to wash my face with a baby wipe!”) All of which will be deeply familiar to millennial women in the UK, most of whom also had Saturday jobs and frequented suburban nightclubs and slept in their make-up. Perhaps it’s part of the reason why the nation has taken this particular homegrown talent so firmly to its heart – Jodie, we imagine, is just like us.
It’s fair to say that Jodie Comer can do no wrong, whether it’s on stage, on screen or on the red carpet. Proving the point yet again, the actor stepped out at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in LA over the weekend, wearing a look that can only be described as a masterclass in the art of the smoky eye.
Focused around a palette of hazy browns – specifically Tom Ford’s Eyeshadow Quad in Mink Mirage, according to Comer’s make-up artist Georgie Eisdell – the mocha-toned mix added subtle drama to Jodie’s face without feeling too heavy. To recreate the same effect, use your darkest shade along your lash line to add intensity, then gently smudge it out over lids and brow bones incorporating the lighter colours with a soft blending brush as you go. To add extra definition, the actor’s lashes were coated in YSL’s inky black Faux Cils Mascara to anchor the smokiness.
Comer wore her smoky eye on the red carpet, but happily for the rest of us, the look is the perfect way to segue from the office to after-dark activities. Although it’s resolutely smoky, the lack of sparkle in the shadows means it doesn’t veer into “Christmas party” territory, nor does it feel too full-on for a quick drink after work. To make it work on you as well as it does on her, take Comer’s lead and pair with sparkling skin (hers comes courtesy of Noble Panacea’s Brilliant Glow Hydration Oil) and blusher with an almost toffee undertone, to tie all the tones together.
Jodie attended the 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala presented by Gucci. I have added photos of her attending the event, enjoy!
Photos of Jodie Comer attending the Gucci Ancora SS24 in Milan can be found in our gallery, enjoy!
Jodie Comer’s new movie The End We Start From with Benedict Cumberbatch has released a first look trailer.
Directed by Mahalia Belo and written by Succession‘s Alice Birch, the movie stars Comer and Cumberbatch alongside Mark Strong, Katherine Waterston, Joel Fry, Gina McKee and Nina Sosanya.
Described as a “hopeful story about the trials and joys of new motherhood in the midst of devastating floods that swallow up the city of London”, the new teaser trailer sees Comer’s character attempt to navigate motherhood against the backdrop of a natural disaster.
Jodie attended the 76th Annual Tony Awards in which she won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Prima Facie! Well done to Jodie! Photos of her attending the Event have been added to the gallery, enjoy!