INTERVIEW WITH THE CAST OF PAA

• You do such a great job playing Lydia! When did you know acting was your thing?

Imagine, it never really hit me that acting was my thing ati saaaana until juzi tu. I got into it as a joke, cause I was fresh out of high-school and I needed a hustle. But it didn’t surprise my friends or my fam cause of how much of a character I was growing up 😂😂😂. I used to imitate celebrities who have funny accents, or different cartoons that I used to watch… it was a whole thing! 

• Kuna any difference between you in real life and Lydia?

Weirdly, our stories ziko similar. Lydia’s comes from a humble background into this whole new world that she had only but dreamt of. I’m from a middle class family and my parents provided for me lakini my high school was “posh”. So definitely nilikuwa na culture shock kama Lydia.

• What’s the biggest lesson you have learned from playing Lydia?

I learnt that there’s only one you and that is super power girl! So jifunze kuwa content and comfortable in who YOU ARE! Cause otherwise utajipata ukimake choices that are not gonna help you live your best life.

• Without giving any spoilers, what advice would you give your character Talia?

Imagine me I really feel for Talia because she’s super cool lakini she is going through the most. So kama ni advice I’d tell her to lean on the good people in her life cause wako, even if she feels alone.

• Have you ever experienced failure? If so, ulideal aje?

Definitely! Whew! Na they are not fun in the moment😭. Lakini I started thinking of them as “blessons” (blessings + lessons) and it has helped me learn so much!

• You’ve said you feel for Talia. Do you relate to any of her problems? 

I think most of us experience pressure at some point in our lives but the specific things she is pressured for si-relate hivyo. For example she is pressured to smoke shisha lakini I really don’t know anyone who smokes shisha🥴.