Jodie Comer terrified of zombie stunt performers on 28 Years Later set

Jodie Comer was frightened of her zombie co-stars in '28 Years Later'.

The 'Killing Eve' actress portrays Isla in Danny Boyle's upcoming post-apocalyptic movie and spoke of her horror at acting alongside the infected undead in the picture.

Speaking to Empire magazine, Jodie said: "The thing about our stunt performers playing the infected is they really don't take the speed off for you. They chase you. There were so many moments where I felt like I was actually running for my life!"

Although Comer was fearful on set, she revealed that Boyle was in his element as he returned to the franchise more than two decades on from the original film '28 Days Later'.

The 31-year-old star recalled: "He just said, 'I love this stuff'.

"I said, 'Why?' 'Because you just have to go there. You can't fake it. You have to really go there in order for the audience to be with you.'"

Meanwhile, it was recently confirmed by the movie's executive producer Andrew Macdonald that Cillian Murphy – who led the cast of '28 Days Later' as survivor Jim – will not be reprising the part in the latest flick, which is set to be released in June.

He said: "[On] this, we wanted him to be involved and he wanted to be involved. He is not in the first film, but I’m hoping there will be some Jim somewhere along the line.

"He’s involved at the moment as an executive producer, and I would hope we can work with him in some way in the future in the trilogy."