HOPING FOR FLEABAG SEASON 3? DON’T
Phoebe Waller-Bridge says the story already feels complete
Actor-writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge had a huge night at the 2019 Emmys, thanks to her show Fleabag, which bagged the maximum number of awards at the ceremony. However, she’s still choosing to say goodbye to the hit comedy series.
Following the award ceremony, the British actor, writer, and producer, who took home the award for best writing for a comedy series and best female actor for Fleabag told Entertainment Tonight that the series still won’t be getting a third season.
“I mean, to be honest, this just feels like the most beautiful, beautiful way to say goodbye to it, actually,” Waller-Bridge said of the show, which won outstanding comedy series and best direction for a comedy series at the Emmys 2019.
“It does feel like the story is complete. It’s so nice to hear that so many people loved it,” the 34-year-old added.
“I’m a bit like, ‘Aw, damn it, maybe she shouldn’t have waved goodbye at the end’. But it feels right to go out on a high, and you can’t get higher than this,” she said.
Fleabag, which concluded its second and final season in April, follows the sexual misadventures of a woman known as Fleabag, based on Waller-Bridge’s 2013 onewoman stage play of the same name.
The best actor win for Waller-Bridge was very significant for her as she beat Veep fame Julia LouisDreyfus, who was nominated for her record 19th acting Emmy.
The surprised star said, “I find acting really hard and painful... To be nominated with these unbelievable actresses who I have looked up to and watched and laughed at with for so many years. It means so much.”