Opia is calmer than the vivacious and extra Terry ('I'm a lot more conservative, Terry is quite YOLO') but is a joker too with a cackling laugh and infectious smile reminiscent of the character. The show was based on Coel's own sexual assault, which happened when she was writing the second season of her award-winning sitcom Chewing Gum. Opia plays Terry, a struggling actor and the longtime best friend of Coel's protagonist Arabella - an influencer turned author whose date-rape leads her and her friends on a journey of education, recovery and self-reflection. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play it’s worked out to be wildly beneficial for the series.' With the pandemic, and the unfolding of the Black Lives Matter movement after George Floyd's death, it means everyone’s more attentive, open and aware.
'I think it also has worked in our favour. 'I’m glad the show hasn’t been cheated by and is getting recognition,' Opia tells ELLE over Zoom. And the enormously positive reception hasn't just happened on this side of the Atlantic - Seth Rogen is a fan too ('I was like "Oh My God!"', exclaims Opia). Michaela Coel's groundbreaking consent drama has been hailed by critics as ' the best drama of the year', ' riveting' and ' essential viewing'.
Who plays kwame in i may destroy you tv#
Though her first TV role on The Bill was a decade ago - with subsequent castings in Top Boy and Jack Whitehall's Bad Education - none of it prepared her for the way that I May Destroy You has suddenly dominated popular culture. Weruche Opia's life has undergone such a drastic transformation during lockdown, that she has had to dedicate a specific area of her London home to Zoom press interviews.
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