Phoebe Waller-Bridge greets fans after London Fleabag performance

Delighted fans met Waller-Bridge after the show
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Olivia Tobin23 August 2019
The Weekender

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Delighted fans of Fleabag have been treated to a meeting with the show's creator after a London show.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge greeted people at the stage door of the Wyndham Theatre after performing the stage rendition of the hit show on Thursday night.

It first previewed in London in 2013 before a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival.

Now, Waller-Bridge has returned to the West End and after walking off stage on signed autographs and posed for selfies with fans.

Like the series, the stage show version of Fleabag follows a young woman through the ups and downs of sex, family and self-obsession.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge greets fans and signs autographs at the stage door of the Wyndham's Theatre
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As well as the stage version, 34-year-old Waller-Bridge is working on a Fleabag book as well as on the upcoming James Bond film, titled No Time To Die.

Waller-Bridge recently revealed she feared her ideas would dry up after Fleabag.

Waller-Bridge met fans of the show on Thursday
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She told the Hollywood Reporter: "The day I wrapped Fleabag, I went to bed thinking, 'I'm never going to have another idea again'."

However, the actress, who is also known for award-winning show Killing Eve, said she woke up the next day with "the vision" of a film that she wants to direct.

The Fleabag star greeted people at the Wyndham's Theatre
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She also compared Bond to the Killing Eve character Villanelle, who is played by Jodie Comer.

"There's something about James Bond that always intrigued me in a similar way that Villanelle did.

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"They live a fantasy! But it's a life none of us would ever want, if we're honest. We don't want to go put a bullet in someone's head to sleep with people and have martinis.

"It's a kind of fantasy nightmare," Fleabag runs in the West End until September 14.

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