Coming 2 America: How Eddie Murphy recruited Nigerian actors for his movie
The highly anticipated sequel to the 1988 comedy classic Coming to America is out.
The latest installment of the franchise has a lot of Nigerian flavors as recruited by Eddie Murphy.
Here is a breakdown of Nigerian influence including actors and musicians that were involved in the production of Coming 2 America.
In terms of music used in the film, four of them are from Nigerian artistes
1 Assurance by Davido
2 Koroba by Tiwa Savage
3 Waka Waka by Tekno
4 Coming 2 America featuring Burnaboy
In terms of Actors cast in the film, three are four of Nigerian descent.
1 Lola Adamson CEO and founder of Lowla360 Limited plays the role of a citizen of the fictitious African country, Zamunda
2 where he performs his hit song, Fall in the film Davido makes a cameo appearance in the film.
3 Rotimi Akinoso also an appearance in the film on few scenes.
4 Olaolu Winfunke is the fourth Nigerian on the bill raised in Lagos, Nigeria but was born in Chicago, Illinois
