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Killing Eve’s creator reveals she plans to write herself into the next script and be killed off by ruthless assassin Villanelle.

Actress and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge – currently crafting the new James Bond script – is already thinking of more amazing plot lines for her Golden Globe and Bafta-winning drama.

She says she’s planning a grisly, 007-style demise for herself in the third series, when she will die at the hands of the show’s arch villain, played by Jodie Comer, 26.

She says: “I was like, I am going to write myself a part so that I can be murdered by Jodie.”

She also reveals that the new role will be as dynamic and controversial as that of Fleabag, another of her creations.

“I want to write things that actors love playing, because audiences can feel that in an instant and it makes it even more electric,” she says.

The part of Russian globe-trotting, super-fashionable killer for hire Villanelle went to Jodie with Sandra Oh, 47, playing M15 agent Eve.

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However, Phoebe admits she initially hankered to play one of them herself but in the end didn’t see herself fitting into either role because of her age – 33.

She says: “I just had a really strong instinct that there should be this age gap because I just felt like it was something I hadn’t seen. I’m not a 25-year-old Jodie Comer – I mean, let’s be frank.

“And I don’t know if I could have scaled a wall quite like she could have done, and I’m not in my early 40s either.”

Phoebe says she is proud to be working on a show where “all the women were not victims” and added that non-nudity was important in the drama.

“Being able to say to Jodie, ‘This is your character – this wild, unpredictable girl and you don’t even have to take your top off’. Everyone felt very passionate about it and the actors as well.

“It’s hard to catch a break in this industry, and historically really hard for women to be trusted.”