{"id":523096,"date":"2026-07-07T13:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/non-classifiee-2\/phoebe-waller-bridge-hollywoods-favorite-cynical-screenwriter\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:11:18","slug":"phoebe-waller-bridge-hollywood-favorite-cynical-screenwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/movies\/phoebe-waller-bridge-hollywood-favorite-cynical-screenwriter\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hollywood\u2019s favorite cynical screenwriter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a585e95ccf7d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a585e95ccf7d\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/phoebe-waller-bridge-luke-varley-numero-magazine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523094\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Phoebe Waller-Bridge in <em>Fleabag<\/em> (2019). \u00a9 Al3media international\/Two Brothers Pictures\/Luke Varley\/BBC\/Amazon Prime.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A career rooted in self-deprecating, satirical humour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, not all stars dazzle with their talent. But, thank goodness,\u00a0some are astounding exceptions. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/tv-shows\/who-is-the-next-lara-croft-in-phoebe-waller-bridges-production\/\">Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/a><\/strong> is one of them. The British actress and screenwriter is the perfect example of someone who has made the world fall in love with her through the sheer strength of her art. People first talked about her in 2016, when Channel 4 began broadcasting a highly sexual, acid generational comedy,\u00a0<em><strong>Crashing<\/strong>,<\/em> a rude tribute to the cult show\u00a0<em><strong>Friends<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>A few months after that, when\u00a0<em><strong>Fleabag<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0began airing on a rival channel, things started to take off slowly but surely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the 40-year-old tall brunette has become one of Britain and Hollywood\u2019s most sought-after actresses and screenwriters. With her dizzying and disconcerting personality, she led two major projects acclaimed all over the world \u2013 <em>Fleabag<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Killing Eve<\/em>. She also took part in the latest<em> Star Wars<\/em> film as a feisty android character. For <strong>Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/strong>\u2019s approach is both faithful and radically different from traditional British satire. First, because she bases her humour on the shame and panic that arise out of a particular situation. Then, because her perspective focuses on a woman who shows her demons to the world, she analyses her anxiety with raw honesty and invents a whole universe. <em>\u201cIt\u2019s easier to manage being single than being in a relationship,\u201d<\/em> she declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fleabag - Trailer | Amazon Prime Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nd3Qlo0qspU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The trailer of <em>Fleabag<\/em>, season 1 (2016).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A disillusioned actress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a young woman,<strong> Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/strong> was more inclined to believe in her unlucky star.\u00a0The young actress spent her childhood acting in school plays. After graduating from <strong>RADA<\/strong> in London, she found herself up against a wall, unemployed for several years, broken down by an acting school that had a reputation for building strong careers. <em>\u201cI went to Rada thinking I was quite a good actor and came out thinking I was appalling,\u201d<\/em> she explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was then that she met <strong>Vicky Jones<\/strong>, who would become her creative partner and help her unleash her true voice. The duo, still working together today, founded a theatre company in London, <strong>DryWrite<\/strong>, which showcased young authors. Finding few roles that suited her, and seeing that the sort of dramas she wanted to watch were not being written by anyone else,\u00a0<strong>Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/strong> began frenetically writing a series of short plays. It included a ten-page script that would eventually become the first draft of <em><strong>Fleabag<\/strong> <\/em>(2016-2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fleabag Season 2 - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aX2ViKQFL_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The trailer of <em>Fleabag<\/em>, season 2 (2019).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Fleabag<\/em>, the origin of a cult narrative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One evening, Jones took the bull by the horns and took <strong>Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/strong> to the <strong>Soho Theatre <\/strong>in London. He went up to the artistic director at the time and told him about his friend&#8217;s huge talent being wasted and hidden. A few months later, the young actress showed some of her work in a one-woman show at the <strong>Edinburgh Festival Fringe<\/strong>, which introduced her caustic writing to the world. There, she presented the story of a young woman, whose parents have nicknamed her <em>\u201cfleabag.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the audience directly, she recounted an existence founded on the renunciation of love. She dived into sexuality in a very explicit way, as well as into her ongoing fights with her sister and father. Except that, little by little, the audience discovered the psychological root of her problems, all linked to her best friend\u2019s death for which she feels responsible. First broadcast as a series in 2016, <em><strong>Fleabag<\/strong><\/em> introduced her funny, heart-breaking creation to a wider audience, none of whom have forgotten the shock they felt when first seeing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#8220;<em>Good things can come out of rage. It\u2019s galvanizing. A director once said to me, \u2018You have the gift of rage.\u2019 It really stayed with me.<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, <strong>Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/strong> released the second series of her heroine\u2019s adventures. Her fictional double dived even deeper into her relationships. What\u2019s the point in looking for love where it\u2019s easy to find? Why bother looking for love at all, especially since anxiety and angst will always take over? Her stimulating pessimism served her brilliant writing. For instance, she described an encounter with a young, seductive priest who confronted the main character about her desires and lack of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something comes out of the images and dialogues in the series\u2026 A unique tone, a soul that expresses itself with idiosyncratic frankness. Where does her writing spring from? Which deep wells gave us <em><strong>Killing Eve<\/strong>,<\/em> a series about an extraordinary feminine duo in which a confused detective inspector hunts a psychopathic hit woman? <em>\u201cI write from the point of view of what I\u2019d like to watch. I\u2019m always satisfying my own appetite. So I guess that means transgressive women, friendships, pain. I love pain,\u201d<\/em> the British screenwriter declared. One word could sum up the origin of it all, rage<em>. &#8220;Good things can come out of rage. It\u2019s galvanizing. A director once said to me, \u2018You have the gift of rage.\u2019 It really stayed with me. I always wanted to hit the edge of the character. Once you\u00a0know what makes someone angry, you can understand a lot about that person.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Killing Eve | Series 4 Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SPJZ39qK33M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The trailer of <em>Killing Eve<\/em>, season 4 (2022).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Hollywood breakthrough into screenwriting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some way,<strong> Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/strong> is one of the free,\u00a0inspired voices finding an audience today in a world where feminism is no longer a dirty word. She might make you think of <strong>Lena Dunham<\/strong>, <strong>Jill Soloway<\/strong> or<strong> Issa Rae<\/strong>, even if no comparison really stands up when it comes to describing her immense talent. The screenwriter has been building a fictional universe for herself. Even if that universe is sometimes hard to enjoy, she depicts an image of herself that is both fascinating and troubling.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her approach is anything but superficial when it comes to expressing her desires and idiosyncratic fictional universe. Moreover, nobody in <em><strong>Fleabag<\/strong><\/em> or<strong> <em>Killing Eve<\/em><\/strong> bothers with being respectable, least of all women. <em>\u201cBeing proper<\/em>,<em> sweet<\/em>,<em> nice and pleasing is a fucking nightmare. It\u2019s exhausting. As women, we get the message about how to be a good, pretty girl from such an early age. Then, at the same time, we\u2019re told that well-behaved girls won\u2019t change the world or ever make a splash. So, it\u2019s sort of like, well, what the fuck am I supposed to be? I\u2019m supposed to be a really polite revolutionary?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;I write from the point of view of what I\u2019d like to watch. I\u2019m always satisfying my own appetite. I guess that means transgressive women, friendships, pain. I love pain<\/em>.&#8221; &#8211; Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer, of course, is in the question.\u00a0<strong>Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/strong> will never be a polite young woman on screen and will boost her credentials as a revolutionary with every passing day. For some years now, she has been involved with a pressure group that aims to improve the situation of actresses in the British film and TV industry. But most of her efforts focus on creating unique characters \u2014 free, anxious and ever-evolving.\u00a0Her goal? Continuing to create a form of comedy always rooted in deep emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After meeting psychologists specializing in psychopaths during the writing of<strong> <em>Killing Eve<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em> she came to the following conclusion.<em>\u201cThe thing that people say about them is they\u2019re just so funny<\/em>. <em>So<\/em>,<em> you can\u2019t help but love them. So, even though you know they have done these terrible crimes and these terrible things, if someone surprises you, makes you laugh, disarms you, they can do anything. It\u2019s why I love comedy so much and why I think it\u2019s such a powerful, powerful tool,\u201d<\/em> she concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Season 2 of Fleabag (2019) <em>by\u00a0<em>Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/em><\/em>, available on Amazon Prime. <\/em><br><em>Season 4 of Killing Eve <em>by\u00a0<em>Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/em><\/em>, available on Canal+.<\/em><br><em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Tomb Raider series directed by\u00a0<em>Phoebe Waller-Bridge doesn\u2019t have a release date yet.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A career rooted in self-deprecating, satirical humour Today, not all stars dazzle with their talent. 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