Fleabag may have left our screens for good last year, bowing out at the end of its second series, but luckily its stars are still very much in our lives. Phoebe Waller-Bridge has, of course, taken over the cultural world thanks to Emmy wins, a multi-million pound Amazon deal and a screenwriting job on the new Bond film No Time To Die. But we're also still low-key obsessed with Sian Clifford, who played Phoebe's pencil-haired sister Claire in the acclaimed programme. Now, a new film is giving us our Fleabag fix.
Next week sees the release of A Serial Killer's Guide To Life, a black comedy horror which follows self-help addict Lou's accidental romance with a serial killer. Sian features as a yoga and meditation guru and - spoiler - she's absolutely hilarious and frighteningly similar to more than one yoga teacher we've come across. Take a look:
It's a good start to a busy year for Sian. She was just rubbing shoulders with Brad Pitt at the Golden Globes, and will also soon be seen in Quiz, a drama about the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire coughing scandal of 2001. The show boasts some inspired casting choices: Sian plays Diana Ingram, wife of Major Charles Ingram, who won the big prize with the help of some timely splutters. Michael Sheen plays Chris Tarrant.
One thing's for sure, Sian will definitely be working with Phoebe again. Last year she told Grazia that the friends had promised to be there for each other. ‘A sort of silent commitment,’ she said, ‘that we would help each other out. We’ve backed each other all the way. I mean, I’m only here now because my friend fought a very hard battle to get me an audition.’
She seems to be her biggest fan. 'Phoebe’s one of the greatest living writers of our generation,’ she added. 'I think she’s challenging the form of television, in a way that it hasn’t been shaken up, probably since The Office. Certainly, in terms of comedy. Fleabag is its own genre. It isn’t comedy. It isn’t drama. It isn’t even tragi-comedy. It’s a new thing that didn’t exist until Phoebe decided to put pen to paper.’
BRB: Just rewatching Fleabag for the tenth time.
A Serial Killer's Guide To Life is released on iTunes and Digital HD from 13th January www.aserialkillersguidetolife.com
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