Phoebe Waller-Bridge has revealed her thinking behind one of Fleabag’s most famous scenes, in which her character masturbates over a video of Barack Obama.
In a new, wide-ranging interview on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Waller-Bridge said the former president “represents hope – and hope is sexy”.
When presenter Jenni Murray asked about the scene, Waller-Bridge laughed and said: “You sound surprised!
Ana de Armas recently said her mystery Bond character was a last-minute addition to the film who was entirely written by Waller-Bridge.