{"id":46668,"date":"2020-03-12T16:29:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africagiant.org\/?p=46668"},"modified":"2020-03-12T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:29:48","slug":"kpali-movie-star-wars-cast-torin-pocock-acting-debut-in-nollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/?p=46668","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Kpali&#8221; movie &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; cast Torin Pocock acting debut in Nollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46668\" class=\"elementor elementor-46668\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64fb7173 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64fb7173\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e9ca5cf\" data-id=\"7e9ca5cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6d1f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-facebook-button\" data-id=\"5c6d1f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"facebook-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-layout=\"button_count\" data-colorscheme=\"light\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" class=\"elementor-facebook-widget fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/africagiantAG\/?modal=admin_todo_tour\" data-share=\"false\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f0b38a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f0b38a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40c10965\" data-id=\"40c10965\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6efd8e0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"6efd8e0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAFRICA GIANT\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8dc9d60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8dc9d60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f062dd\" data-id=\"2f062dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fcb67c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fcb67c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Torin Pocock, an English actor who was cast on &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; starred in a recent Nollywood movie titled, &#8216;Kpali&#8217;. He made his acting debut in the Nigerian film industry along with movie stars like Nkem Owoh, Ini Dima-Okojie and Gloria Anozie Young, among others<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Pocock played the role of Jake Hunters, a friend of Amaka Kalayor. News outlets revealed that the English actor first came to Nigeria in June 2017 to shoot a few scenes as the lead character in the film.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The actor displayed a high level of elation over the movie, which was released in the cinemas on the 20th of December 2019.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In a post he shared on his Instagram page in December, he announced the date of release of the film and acknowledged the director and producer. 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