Actress Jodie Comer spent hours in freezing water and mired in studies on pregnancy for her latest tough role. The actress portrays a terrified new mum called only “Mother” in the upcoming apocalyptic climate change drama ‘The End We Start From’, who is desperately trying to keep her baby Zeb safe when she is forced to flee her London home amid disastrous flooding.

Its director Mahalia Belo said Comer, who doesn’t have any children, was happy to embrace the gruelling shoot, which involved braving sub-zero waters near Lochgilphead, in Argyll and Bute, reports aceshowbiz.com.

The filmmaker was quoted by the Sunday Mirror as saying: “It was freezing. We spoke to Jodie and she wanted to do it.”

“She’s a believer in truth and felt this is what the character would do. It was so beautiful and she just went for it,” the director additionally gushed over the actress.