Sharjah24 – AFP: British actress Jodie Comer says her new comedy-action adventure "Free Guy" may have started out as a blockbuster but the COVID-19 pandemic has made the movie take on a new life and give it more meaning.
Comer, who missed the film's world premiere in New York a week earlier, made the comment as she attended a rainy red carpet premiere in London on Monday, August 9.
"Free Guy", which was filmed in the summer of 2019, had its release postponed several times due to the pandemic.
"Free Guy" stars Ryan Reynolds as a happy-go-lucky bank clerk who finds out he is an NPC (non-playable character) living in a virtual world, after meeting - and falling for - Comer's character Millie - aka Molotov Girl.
Comer, in her first major Hollywood movie role, stars both as her avatar and the real-life game developer Millie.
"The stunts were definitely a new thing for me. I had to really work hard with the stunt department, which was, you know, really rewarding. And it was tough. But, you know, when you watch the film in its kind of final form and see it all together I'm like 'OK, I'm proud of that," the 28-year-old actor said.
Comer has been keeping busy in the past months, recently wrapping on the upcoming TV drama "Help" in which she stars opposite Stephen Graham as a worker in a care home which is struck by the coronavirus pandemic.
"Free Guy" is out globally from August 11.
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