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Phoebe Waller-Bridge and what happens next

By Mark Newbold

August 15, 2019

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We know her best as L-337 from Solo: A Star Wars Story, but she’s equally well known for inhabiting the soul of Fleabag and for driving Killing Eve to Emmy success, but now that Fleabag is no more, what’s next for Phoebe Waller-Bridge? There’s a script polish on Bond 25, placing her in Carrie Fisher territory as someone who comes in to add zap and zing to scripts, but with a mind as sharp and out there as hers, surely we have some more treasures ahead?

Waller-Bridge’s real Fleabag follow-up, she insists, is a feature she’s writing with the intent to direct: “The day I wrapped Fleabag, I went to bed thinking, ‘I’m never going to have another idea again. Oh shit.’ I woke up with the vision of this film.” Of three things she appears to be certain: She won’t take the project to market until it’s finished, she needs a meaningful theatrical release (sorry, Netflix) and she will not be cajoled into appearing on camera — though the third requirement could prove unrealistic. “I blatantly will end up in it,” she cops after wincing her way into a laugh.

In the age of the nine-figure overall deal, it’s also easy to assume any future sale for Waller-Bridge may coincide with the multihyphenate wedding herself to one outlet. “You can smell it a mile off when people are just saying, ‘We want to pay for your name,’ to be associated with their company and then have their own agenda,” she says. “No, I wouldn’t trust that for a second.”

The Rise of Skywalker is coming our way in just a few short months – please, can the Force gods allow us just one L-337 line of dialogue aboard the Falcon in what could be its final onscreen appearance? Just one!

Fleabag: Series 1 & 2 [UK import, region 2 PAL format]

Fleabag: Series 1 & 2 [UK import, region 2 PAL format]

Polish release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.
Polish release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio.
Actors: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Format: PAL
Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge

SourceThe Hollywood Reporter

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to Star Wars Insider, ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu, announced as The Mandalorian & Grogu, is a Star Wars movie that started production in 2024. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, it takes place between the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens, focuses on the adventures of Din Djarin and Din Grogu, and will be a spinoff to the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The film was announced on January 9 that year on StarWars.com with a conceptual sketch by veteran illustrator Ryan Church, along with an announcement of a second season of the television series Star Wars: Ahsoka. A fourth season of The Mandalorian is also still in development.

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We know her best as L-337 from Solo: A Star Wars Story, but she’s equally well known for inhabiting the soul of Fleabag and for driving Killing Eve to Emmy success, but now that Fleabag is no more, what’s next for Phoebe Waller-Bridge? There’s a script polish on Bond 25, placing her in Carrie Fisher territory as someone who comes in to add zap and zing to scripts, but with a mind as sharp and out there as hers, surely we have some more treasures ahead?

Waller-Bridge’s real Fleabag follow-up, she insists, is a feature she’s writing with the intent to direct: “The day I wrapped Fleabag, I went to bed thinking, ‘I’m never going to have another idea again. Oh shit.’ I woke up with the vision of this film.” Of three things she appears to be certain: She won’t take the project to market until it’s finished, she needs a meaningful theatrical release (sorry, Netflix) and she will not be cajoled into appearing on camera — though the third requirement could prove unrealistic. “I blatantly will end up in it,” she cops after wincing her way into a laugh.

In the age of the nine-figure overall deal, it’s also easy to assume any future sale for Waller-Bridge may coincide with the multihyphenate wedding herself to one outlet. “You can smell it a mile off when people are just saying, ‘We want to pay for your name,’ to be associated with their company and then have their own agenda,” she says. “No, I wouldn’t trust that for a second.”

The Rise of Skywalker is coming our way in just a few short months – please, can the Force gods allow us just one L-337 line of dialogue aboard the Falcon in what could be its final onscreen appearance? Just one!

Fleabag: Series 1 & 2 [UK import, region 2 PAL format]

Fleabag: Series 1 & 2 [UK import, region 2 PAL format]

Polish release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.
Polish release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio.
Actors: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Format: PAL
Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English

Tags
Phoebe Waller-Bridge

SourceThe Hollywood Reporter

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to Star Wars Insider, ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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