Killing Eve’s Kenny and Carolyn weren’t initially written as mother and son (Picture: BBC)

Killing Eve’s Carolyn and Kenny weren’t originally written to be mother and son, but that was all changed thanks to an offhand comment from Sandra Oh and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer writing skills.

The characters’ family dynamic wasn’t actually revealed until the fifth episode of series one of the cat and mouse drama, when Eve turned up at Caroyln’s house to find Kenny sat down at the dinner table.

However, the initial scripts had the duo pegged as merely colleagues to begin with.

Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Sean Delaney, who plays Kenny, explained why and how the change was made.




‘When we first started filming myself and Fiona weren’t mother and son,’ he spilled.

‘We were about three weeks into shooting and it was my third day and I was filming the early office scenes with Sandra and Fiona in series one. I think me and Fiona were giving Sandra the same deadpan expression that we do and Sandra made a joke about how me and Fiona were like mother and son.

Kenny was originally written as Carolyn’s colleague (Picture: BBC)

According to Sean, Sandra Oh’s comment spurred the relationship change (Picture: BBC)

‘Then Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the genius that she is, came off the headset from where she was watching, told us to bear with her, went off and make a few phone calls.

‘She came back an hour later and said, “Don’t change anything, but you’re mother and son now”.’

Sean added: ‘The genius thing about it was that she [Phoebe] told us not to change anything we were doing to make it clear.

‘I think they’re [Carolyn and Kenny] two people not very good at their jobs, not very good at being emotional.’

Carolyn’s family is about to be thrust into the series three spotlight as her daughter Geraldine, played by Game Of Thrones star Gemma Whelan, arrives to cause trouble.

Spoilers have revealed that Geraldine is forced to move back home and her return is definitely not entirely welcomed by Carolyn, who as usual is dealing with new issues.

But nevertheless, it doesn’t take to long for chaos to reign once again across the women of the series, and whether Geraldine likes it or not, she has her part to play.

Killing Eve series 3 is streaming on BBC iPlayer.

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