Is Villanelle a real perfume?
Is Villanelle a real perfume?
“She told me there is a popular series on these days and there is a perfume called La Villanelle, and she just Googled to learn if a real perfume exists.” Technically, it doesn't — the perfume referenced in the original Luke Jennings books on which Killing Eve is based is fictional.
Why did Villanelle let Eve get too close?
- 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.
What kind of life does Villanelle live in the book?
- Villanelle "offers a window into a life most women never get the chance to lead, a life defined by pure female desire and rage unfettered by financial worries, domestic obligations, and the quotidian violence of men." She is "wild and wildly self-possessed. ... She tries on identities the way other people try on clothes".
What was the name of the actress who played Villanelle?
- Actress Jodie Comer described her character as a free spirit, not self-conscious at all, likening Villanelle during her acts of murder to a cat playing with a mouse before going in for the kill.
What did villanelle do after going to prison?
- Five years after going to prison for the murder, Villanelle is recruited as an assassin by a criminal organization called The Twelve, who help her escape, fake her own death and emerge with a new identity.
