All of those descriptions could just as easily apply to Villanelle as they do to Scary Spice, especially in the second season of Killing Eve, when everyone’s favourite psychopath is outfitted in a series of brightly coloured tailored suits from Dries Van Noten and Chloe.

Waller-Bridge is a millennial woman, so you can’t really blame her for sharing a deep love for everyone’s formative musical act.

Everyone from Emma Stone to Emilia Clarke, HAIM, Adele and Holly Willoughy are self-proclaimed superfans of the Girl Power group.

Stone and HAIM even recreated the Spice Girls’ ‘Stop’ video clip for charity in 2018. In fact, Stone is maybe the celebrity world’s number one Spice Girls fan, something that is frequently brought up in interviews. Scary Spice Mel B recorded a message for her when she was promoting The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in Australia, while Sporty Spice Mel C jumped on FaceTime to speak to Stone in another interview.

The surprising way Villanelle was inspired by Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s favourite Spice Girl