Q 01/05

Who plays Eve Polastri in Killing Eve?

A) Sandra Oh

B) Lucy Liu

C) Gemma Chan

D) Constance Wu

Answer · why

A) Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh scrolled through the script hunting for her part, sure she couldn't be the lead, until her agent told her: 'Eve. The part is for Eve.'

Q 02/05

Who plays the assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve?

A) Vanessa Kirby

B) Jessie Buckley

C) Jodie Comer

D) Florence Pugh

Answer · why

C) Jodie Comer

Jodie Comer beat more than 100 actresses to the part; the producers wanted a killer who could vanish into a crowd, not a 'male fantasy' assassin in th...

Q 03/05

What is Villanelle's real name in Killing Eve?

A) Nadia Kadomtseva

B) Oksana Astankova

C) Irina Vasilieva

D) Dasha Duzran

Answer · why

B) Oksana Astankova

Oksana Astankova was left at an orphanage as a child, became obsessed with her teacher, Anna, and murdered Anna's husband before she was recruited as ...

Q 04/05

Killing Eve is based on novellas by which author?

A) Len Deighton

B) Mick Herron

C) Lee Child

D) Luke Jennings

Answer · why

D) Luke Jennings

Luke Jennings was the Observer's dance critic when he wrote the first Villanelle story as a Kindle e-book in 2014, and a TV producer optioned it that ...

Q 05/05

Who was head writer of Killing Eve's first series?

A) Laura Neal

B) Suzanne Heathcote

C) Sally Wainwright

D) Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Answer · why

D) Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Phoebe Waller-Bridge was signed up by a producer who had read Fleabag as a stage play, long before it reached television and made her name.