She asked Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge to Write Her a Mean Role Producer of BBC comedy Fleabag Lydia Hampson revealed to the Radio Times that the show's creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge expanded the evil godmother role with Colman in mind after she asked to be involved and confided, "I'd love to play a real bitch." Image Source: Getty / Jeff Spicer