{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6877a33ec32bf359c0d2d440/68935fb8c952cf5978a5fa31?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Amaka Okafor: Race, Female Friendship & Beverly Hills Cop","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6877a33ec32bf359c0d2d440/1754493704625-49c127ad-74f5-445f-992c-1fd3ebbf1d9c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Amaka Okafor is an actor who has starred in <em>Bodies</em> on Netflix, <em>The Responder</em> and <em>The</em> <em>Split</em> on BBC One and the film version of the Take That musical <em>Greatest Day</em>.&nbsp;</p><p>In 2023 Screen International named her as a Star of Tomorrow and she is starring in the upcoming Netflix series Black Rabbit alongside Jason Bateman and Jude Law this September - so it’s safe to say she is going places!</p><p><br></p><p>Over the course of our conversation, we spoke about race as it was her love of Eddie Murphy in <em>Beverly Hills Cop</em> that made her want to be an actress, the importance of representation and female friendship as demonstrated by her TV choice <em>Insecure</em> and the joy from the unexpected in the podcast <em>Heavyweight</em>. With her book choice <em>Rebecca</em> we explored the protagonist’s tendency to make herself small and insignificant and how that is a behaviour still common among women almost one hundred years later.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Amaka’s choices:</p><p>Film - <em>Beverly Hills Cop</em></p><p>TV Show - <em>Insecure</em></p><p>Podcast - <em>Heavyweight</em></p><p>Book - <em>Rebecca</em>, Daphne du Maurier</p>","author_name":"The Independent"}