Phoebe Waller-Bridge As America’s British Sweetheart That Never Was


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is in a unique position. If this was 20 odd years ago, she would be sorely tempted to go the romcom route. She might star in three or four middling romcoms before she finally found her ground and become a huge star who could go any direction she wished.

I will note at this point that I have a great concept for just the type of comedy that I think Waller-Bridge would do great in. But I don’t even know how to use Final Draft and I’m working on five novels, so lulz. But the high concept is Wedding Crashers meets, I dunno, Cheers? It’s an innately funny concept and I’m, sadly, not that funny. But maybe I’ll get around to writing whenever I figure out how to use Final Draft.

Anyway, romcoms are pretty much dead as a genre at the moment and, as such, Waller-Bridge was born to late to take advantage of how huge she could have been in the romcom world. And, given that she’s an excellent writer, she probably could have made those middling romcoms a lot better than they might otherwise be.

As a side note, I just remembered how she’s supposed to be in the next Indie movie. That could really open a lot of doors for her career wise. And, yet, I still think she needs to have her own action-adventure vehicle for her career to be taken to the next level. I think she should star in a remake of Time Bandits. That would be so cool.

As always — no one listens to me.