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Behind the CURTAIN

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE, ROPE, 2010

“She’s in between being Phoebe and the character she’s about to play,” says Annand of this image, taken a decade ago before Waller-Bridge shot to superstardom. “The picture represents someone who’s very bright and, in a way, too intelligent to be waiting around all the time to be hired.” After this stint in a thriller at London’s Almeida Theatre, Waller-Bridge went on to write and play the title role in Fleabag, her one-woman-show-turned-award-winning series. “She’s got something in her face, but a face is only a face,” muses Annand. “It’s what you put through

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