She chatted on the Working from Home with Stylist podcast.
Opia plays Arabella’s best friend Terry, who is an aspiring actor struggling with her stalling career. She feels increasingly self-conscious when she compares her work to her increasingly successful best pal. While she supports Arabella as she copes with her assault, she has her own trauma lying underneath the surface.“We’re in the midst of two pandemics at the moment,” the actor tells’s editor Alix Walker. “Two viruses being fought. There’s been quite a lot, very up and down.
“I’m glad I’m a part of this project at this exact time and it’s so strange how everything has just fallen into place,” says Opia. “I’m glad the subject matters of the project are timeless, but there are the issues of race representation and being a black woman in a show written, directed, produced and starring a diverse cast. It feels great.
“It’s a cultural reflection and I feel like things are moving forward. At this precise moment is doesn’t feel like that. But I’m hoping this will be a catalyst to change: the protests and everything – something has to give. It’s exciting to know that I’m in something that I think is going to be part of this change that’s coming.”I May Destroy You
are available to stream on BBC iPlayer now. Episodes will continue to air on Mondays and Tuesdays on BBC One at 10:45pm for the remainder of the series, and will all become available on iPlayer.
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