Nollywood Actress, Funke Akindele set to star in one of the year’s most anticipated movies, Avengers: Infinity Wars, teaming up with international movie stars such as Robert Downey Jr and Chris Hemsworth.
The creative director for Jenifa’s Diary, Funke Akindele will act a role of one of the Black Panther‘s guards, the Dora Milaje in Hollywood blockbuster movie, Avengers – Infinity War. According to popular movie review website IMDB, reported that Funke will cast as a member of Dora Milaje, a team of women who serve as personal bodyguards of the Black Panther, the spiritual leader of Wakanda.
In the sequel to Avengers: Age of Ultron , Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet — the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The fate of the planet and existence itself has never been more uncertain as everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment.
Other big names in the movie set to be released later in 2018 are Scarlett Johansson, Bernicio Del Toro, and Chris Evans, while Bradley Cooper and Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel feature in voice acting roles.
The movie is set to be released in the Netherlands on April 28.
If you are still doubting, you can see the official cast list on the IMDB website