Candy gesture teenage Jodie Comer received from Stephen Graham after filming career-changing darkish scene collectively

Stephen Graham provided Jodie Comer a candy gesture after the pair filmed a darkish scene collectively when she was simply a teen, and the scene ended up altering her profession.

The pair starred collectively in 2012’s Good Cop, a TV collection following a police officer who snaps after his finest buddy is murdered.

On the time, Graham was finest recognized for Snatch and That is England, however he wasn’t precisely a family identify – whereas Comer was an unknown teenage actress.

Now, Graham is the star of Adolescence, one among Netflix’s most profitable collection ever and their most profitable British present of all time.

Comer herself has additionally taken off, starring within the new 28 Years Later that got here out in the present day worldwide.

The pair starred collectively within the BBC drama Good Cop in a surprising scene wherein Graham’s character, Noel Finch, sexually assaults a younger waitress, performed by Comer. Warning, the beneath scene comprises depiction of sexual assault:



The gangster character corners her, touching her inappropriately and intimidating her after she says she’ll be ‘proper with him’.

Talking about filming the scene in an interview with Josh Horowitz, Graham stated she was solely ’17 or 18’ on the time.

He went on to say: “My character was form of a horrible man, form of very grotesque, you realize what I imply.

“He was meant to seize maintain of her in a sure space, and this was earlier than the times [of intimacy co-ordinators being the norm in movie and TV.”

Graham then described how he launched himself and, previous to the cameras rolling, defined to her how he would use the digital camera angle to make it seem he was touching her, however he really wouldn’t.

The actor stated that Comer was ‘beautiful’, and he was impressed together with her, resulting in the heartfelt gesture.

After filming he known as her up, imploring her to take a gathering together with his long-time agent, Jane Epstein.

Graham even satisfied her to bail on an audition she was travelling to with the intention to take the assembly, main her to be picked up as a shopper.

This led to a lot of her stand-out roles and, ultimately, Killing Eve, which landed her a number of awards.

The pair have remained good pals through the years off the again of this, ultimately filming the heart-wrenching COVID-19 drama Assist collectively, with Comer saying she ‘owed him a pint’ when accepting a BAFTA award.

Talking throughout the press tour for 28 Years Later, Comer known as him a ‘lovely man’, saying: “He is lovely, he has helped me out a lot and he’s a pricey, pricey, buddy now. He provides again to the group, town and encourages younger expertise.

“He’s a gorgeous, lovely man, he’s like so ridiculously gifted however equally such a stunning human being. It is beautiful to have these individuals form of lead by instance.”

Comer has gone on to have a vastly profitable profession off the again of this one type gesture, receiving plaudits because the standout actor in 28 Years Later.

Ed Potton of The Occasions gave the movie an ideal 5 stars, saying Comer gave an ‘spectacular as all the time’ efficiency.