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Nigerians react to actress' Hollywood debut in "Avengers: Infinity War"

Twitter goes crazy over Funke Akindele role in upcoming Hollywood blockbuster, "Avengers: Infinity War."

The actress, who is most popular for her role as Jenifa in "Jenifa's Diary," has been cast as a member of Dora Milaje, Wakanda’s all-female special forces unitfrom the "Black Panther" comics.

Funke Akindele is yet to confirm or deny this story. Pulse has reached out to Funke Akindele and her publicist for a statement on the trending story.

If this story is indeed correct, the casting would make her the first Nigerian actress to feature in a Marvel film. In the anticipated film, all superheroes in the Marvel cinematic universe assemble to defeat a powerful supervillain, Thanos.

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Akindele was listed alongside other cast of the movies, including Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlet Johannson among others.

The 1st trailer for the movie became the most-viewed trailer debut ever, with over 230 million views in its first 24 hours.

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The last Avengers move 'Age of Ultron' raked in $1.4bn at the box office which made it the 21st movie to ever cross the $1bn mark at the box office.

Funke Akindele is one of Nigeria's finest actresses. With a career that has spanned two decades, Akindele has many hit movies in her filmography.

In 2008, she released her biggest movie yet, Jenifa, the humorous tale of a village girl with ambitious dreams and funny mannerisms. The hit movie produced a successful sequel and a TV series that is still ongoing.

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