Jodie Comer has confessed she used to suffer with ‘imposter syndrome’ because of her background and had to convince herself otherwise.
The award-winning actress, 27, who recently revealed she considered ditching her Scouse accent, said that feeling like an imposter was ‘ingrained’ in her.
She told Glamour magazine: ‘I think it’s something that is ingrained in you without you even knowing, like Stephen Graham, I always talk about this imposter syndrome because of where you’re from.’
Struggles: Jodie Comer has confessed she used to suffer with ‘imposter syndrome’ because of her background and had to convince herself otherwise
However she added: ‘It’s like, ‘Well, actually, no. You have as much right to be there as anybody else with any other kind of background. But I think it is a subconscious thing.’
Imposter syndrome is typically defined as a feeling of inadequacy that persist despite evident success.
Jodie recently revealed she’d planned to shed her Liverpudlian accent early on in her career – until Snatch actor Stephen urged her to keep it.
Role: Earlier this month, the first look at the remake of Alan Bennett’s masterpieces, Talking Heads, was unveiled (Jodie is pictured as Lesley in the remake of Her Big Chance)
Jodie, who has won acclaim and accolades for her role in Killing Eve, has admitted that she believed her accent had no place in the acting world.
She told the Radio Times: ‘When I was much younger, when I was with another agency and really young, I don’t know where I got it from, but I thought “I have to lose my accent”.
‘And I remember working with Stephen Graham and he was great. He was like, ‘Don’t you dare lose your accent!’ And I didn’t. Maybe it’s just this idea of being working class from the North West, you don’t hear those voices all the time on television.’
Honest: The award-winning actress, 27, who recently revealed she considered ditching her Scouse accent, said that feeling like an imposter was ‘ingrained’ in her
The actress sat down for her interview with the publication to discuss her role in the remake of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, and revealed that she used her own accent to gradually increasing thickness as the storyline progressed.
However, Jodie opted to forgo watching Julie Walters’ 1988 turn as Lesley in the remake of Her Big Chance before settling into the role, as she feared imitating the veteran actress.
‘I watched the first two minutes, then switched it off,’ Jodie confessed. ‘I love Julie Walters but I didn’t want to be influenced and end up mimicking her in some way.
Star: Stephen Graham, who hails from Kirkby, urged Jodie to keep her accent. Pictured in 2018
‘But once I started working with Josie and found my confidence, I did watch it and I’m glad, because I thoroughly enjoyed it.
‘When you put the two next to each other they are quite different, they’ve been interpreted in different ways. And again, it speaks to the writing. There is so much life within this material, so much there to play with.’
The monologue series, starring the likes of Jodie, Imelda Staunton and Martin Freeman, will debut on BBC One with a double-bill on Tuesday 23 June – 22 years after the second series aired and 32 years since the first.
The remake will debut on BBC One with a double-bill on Tuesday 23 June and all 12 episodes will be able to stream on BBC iPlayer.
In April, it was announced that BBC bosses were remaking Alan Bennett’s monologue masterpieces, Talking Heads, recruiting the likes of Jodie and Imelda.
The iconic monologues featured major actors such as Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Patricia Routledge and the writer himself, Bennett, and was later adapted into a stage play.
The BBC has remade ten of the critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning monologues, with the addition of two new pieces written by Bennett last year.
Reboot: The BBC has remade ten of the critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning monologues, with the addition of two new pieces written by Bennett last year