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Jodie Comer<\/a> is quickly becoming an unstoppable force. The Liverpool-born star has gone from being a TV star in her native country to one of the most in-demand movie actors in what feels like no time at all. Considering she\u2019s still only just getting started, the future seems incredibly bright for her.<\/p>\n Since her big arrival on the acting scene about a decade ago, Comer has embodied so many memorable characters. Her first big success came as Villanelle in the TV show Killing Eve, a psychotic, yet highly charismatic killer who enjoys an oddly romantic relationship with Sandra Oh\u2019s title character. She played French noblewoman Marguerite de Carrouges in Ridley Scott\u2019s The Last Duel, apocalypse survivor Isla in Danny Boyle\u2019s 28 Days Later, and even had a brief cameo as Rey\u2019s mother in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. However, she\u2019ll probably want that turd stain wiped clean from her record.\u00a0<\/p>\n Comer has already given so much to the acting world, but which fictional creations inspired her when she was young? This is precisely the question Bafta<\/a> asked her and her 28 Years co-star Ralph Fiennes in an interview promoting the zombie horror<\/a>. Fiennes revealed that the first character he was obsessed with as a youngster was James Bond (big shock), while his colleague provided a very, very different response.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201c[The] first character that kind of stuck with me and I was maybe obsessed with was Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh,\u201d she revealed<\/a>. \u201cMore so because I had his haircut, close to his haircut, when I was a child. \u201cI just loved the idea of that. I saw myself in him in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n Though the famous yellow bear might have his name in the title, Christopher Robin is in many ways the protagonist of A A Milne\u2019s cherished series of children\u2019s stories. A young boy with a fondness for animals, Christopher uses his imagination to bring the world of the Hundred Acre Wood to life. The character is based on Milne\u2019s own son, who really did have a collection of stuffed animals as a child. Winnie the Pooh is based on a combination of Edward, a toy bear Christopher received for his first birthday, and Winnipeg, a real black bear living in London Zoo after it was left in England by a Canadian serviceman fighting in World War I.\u00a0<\/p>\n Milne\u2019s stories have been adapted countless times, so Christopher Robin has been portrayed by dozens of different people across the decades. The version of the character Comer is likely referring to is from the animated Disney shorts, beginning with 1966\u2019s Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. He sports a very mop of brown hair, which must have looked incredible on the head of a Scouse child in the mid-1990s. In live-action terms, the character was played by Ewan McGregor in the 2018 film Christopher Robin. There\u2019s also Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey<\/a>, but the less said about that, the better.<\/p>\n From incredibly humble beginnings idolising an animated schoolboy, Comer has come a very long way. While she probably won\u2019t ever get the chance to play Christopher in anything, she could always bring back the haircut. We\u2019re not sure what for, but don\u2019t pretend you wouldn\u2019t pay good money to see that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Topics<\/p>\n