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By Sam WalkerLicence to spill! Phoebe’s
hints about her new Bond
Cover girl: Miss Waller-Bridge in poses from a photoshoot for the Hollywood Reporter, belowHER hit BBC shows Fleabag and Killing Eve have
made her one of Hollywood’s hottest proper-
ties. But award-winning British writer Phoebe
Waller-Bridge is coy about her latest job, help-
ing pen the new James Bond film.
While she is famed for scripts that are funny
and feminist, the 34-year-old insists she is being
respectful to the 007 tradition.
Miss Waller-Bridge, who created Killing Eve,
about a female assassin codenamed Villanelle,
and Fleabag, a comedy drama about
a 30-something singleton, was
drafted by director Cary Fukunaga
at the suggestion of Daniel Craig
after Bond 2 – the film’s official title
has yet to be announced – was
plagued by problems.
In an interview with The Hollywood
Reporter, she said: ‘A lot has been
made of me coming on board
because I’m a woman, and that’s
wonderful. But also I can’t take creditfor the movie that was written. It’s Cary’s movie.’
However, Miss Waller-Bridge dropped some tan-
talising hints, saying that – with Bond 2 being
Craig’s last as 007 and rumours a that woman
would take the role – the franchise can ‘birth
new characters all the time’.
She added: ‘There’s something about James
Bond that always intrigued me in a
similar way that Villanelle did.
‘They live a fantasy! But it’s a life
none of us would ever want, if
we’re honest.
‘We don’t want to go put a bullet in
someone’s head to sleep with people
and have martinis. It’s a kind of fan-
tasy nightmare.’
Miss Waller-Bridge revealed she is
writing a feature film, which she
intends to direct herself.d Villanelle,s d n d s tShe added
B s n w s a t w iBy Alisha Rouse
Showbusiness CorrespondentAsked to picture a typical
student, many would call
to mind young revellers
who spend far more time
with a drink in hand than
a textbook.
But one university has shut
down its campus bar – as
students embrace the new cul-
ture of straight-laced sobriety.
The Bar One at Abertay Univer-
sity in dundee closed its doors at
the end of the academic year and
will now be used as a bookable
events space instead.
It follows a decline in revenue
which has seen takings slump by
two thirds in just five years. Incontrast to the students’ union
bar, the popularity of its campus
cafe has surged – with sales of cof-
fee and non-alcoholic drinks on
the rise.
This closure follows a survey by
the National Union of studentsshowing that one in five Uk stu-
dents are now teetotal. A spokes-
man for the university said: ‘We
recognise that student tastes have
shifted away from a bar setting
and towards a daytime cafe cul-
ture offering’ and highlighted thecontrast between the ‘success’ of
a new campus cafe and the drop
in sales income at the bar. Food,
snacks and non-alcoholic bever-
ages will still be readily available
across the campus.
Neighbouring dundee Universitysaid its bar – regularly named
among the Uk’s best – has tailored
what it sells due to falling alcohol
consumption. But a spokesman
for st Andrews University, 14 miles
away, said it has no plans to close
any of its student bars.
The National Union of students,
which represents 600 student
unions across the Uk, says this is
the first bar closure it’s heard of,
with a spokesman adding: ‘It
doesn’t represent the national pic-
ture, as far as we know.’ eva Cros-
san Jory, NUs welfare spokesman,
said unions should ‘adapt the
services that they offer to the
needs of their membership’.
The Abertay move comes after
London’s Goldsmiths University
said it would ban beef from cam-
pus to fight climate change.Students queue up for drinks at the union bar Once bustling, the bar is closed to revellersStudent bar shuts... because
they’ve ditched lager for lattes
Pictures: FRANK W OCKENFELS FOR HOLLYWOOD REPORTERTHEN NOW
Oh-oh-heaven:
Phoebe
Waller-Bridge
says she’s
always been
intrigued by
James Bond