The 28 Years Later star spoke to the ECHO in an exclusive interview about how she has been shaped by her home city
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Jodie Comer spoke to the ECHO in an exclusive interview this week
Jodie Comer spoke to the ECHO in an exclusive interview this week
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Jodie Comer stands by the claim she'd rather see Everton lift the Premier League than win an Oscar. The 32-year-old Scouser's rise to the top of Hollywood continued this week as she earned rave reviews for her performance in 28 Years Later.
To mark the film's release, the superstar actor spoke to the ECHO in an exclusive interview about how she has been shaped by her upbringing in the city. Although she now flies the flag for Liverpool all over the world, the Childwall native's roots remain firmly in Merseyside as her dad, Jimmy Comer, still works as a physiotherapist for Everton FC. Jodie has inherited her dad's love for the Toffees and has previously shared the heartfelt reason why she'd sacrifice winning a prestigious Academy Award for Everton to win some major silverware.
She told the Guardian last year: "The Oscar is considered the pinnacle of acting. You receive one of them…
"But I think I have to say winning the league, purely to see the joy and elation on my dad and my brother’s faces." In her chat with the ECHO, Jodie laughed and said she stands by her comments that she'd rather see David Moyes' side end their wait for a major trophy, but only under one condition.
She said: "Yeah, but they better hurry up, that's all I'd say. I'll stand by it, if they hurry up." Jodie was one of the famous faces to deliver a message after the final men's game at Goodison Park last month.
The Killing Eve star told the ECHO it was an honour to be involved in such a momentous occasion that mattered so dearly to her family. She added: "My dad has been there since just before I was born, so he has so much history there.
"Knowing how much it means to him and my brother and the family is something that can't be recreated. To think it was there since the 1800s.
"All that history, all the loved ones that have been there, and people we have lost means it carries such a weight." Jodie admitted the end of an era celebrations were a tearful affair for her family.
She said: "[The goodbye] was lovely. My brother and my auntie were there and my dad said they had such a brilliant day celebrating. I was getting sent all the pictures.
"It was as good as a goodbye can be. It will be nice to see what the new ground brings them and welcome that in." It says it all about Jodie's stunning rise that an Academy Award win is feeling like a genuine possibility on her incredible journey, rather than the fanciful pipedream it would be to most other performers.
The former Tesco checkout girl is now a bona fide movie star and she has charmed Hollywood in her own inimitable style. The Scouser told the ECHO how her personality and character has been influenced by her home city in a way that will never leave her.
She said: "I just feel like there's such an essence of 'Scouseness'. There's a familiarity, there's a warmth, there's a vivaciousness. There's something about feeling who I am as a person. It's in every part of you, it's the way that you carry yourself.
"The way you communicate with people, it's the laugh you're able to have with people you work with. Not taking yourself seriously. There are so many things that I think of about friends and family, or strangers that you meet from Liverpool.
"I don't think that essence leaves you and it's something I miss a lot when I'm not in Liverpool and you come home and you're reminded of if straight away.
"Even when you get in a taxi, there's a warmth and an honesty that I really appreciate about home." You can read the full ECHO interview with Jodie here. 28 Years Later is in cinemas now.