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'Killing Eve's' Jodie Comer on her bewitching killer Villanelle — and Bruce Springsteen

LOS ANGELES - Most internet searches are pretty forgettable. But for Jodie Comer, tapping her manicured fingers across her phone screen on a recent day, the results for this one needed to be shared.

"I mean, come on," she says, holding out the phone to reveal a collection of photos of a shirtless Bruce Springsteen on the beach.

It's the sort of sly bait maneuver that, were this a scene playing out in "Killing Eve," would end in the death of the credulous victim distracted by the American icon at the hands of the ruthless assassin that Comer wickedly plays.

Comer's performance as Villanelle in the BBC America series is hard to shake - her lethal smile alone can be a source of obsession. But in person Comer is chatty and friendly, a world away from the brutal and enigmatic Villanelle.

The 26-year-old English actress likes

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