Actor Jade Anouka meets boxer Nicola Adams: ‘The basics of both our worlds are the same’
02 September 2018 07:00
Actor Jade Anouka prepared to play Hotspur by watching videos of boxer Nicola Adams. Adams, in turn, acted in her youth and hopes to again. They met up to talk breaking boundaries, performance, and superheroesNicola Adams has come straight from training camp, and in her bespoke “Nicola Adams” hoodie and trainers, she looks as if she has just ducked under the ropes of the boxing ring for a water break.She is at first watchful, shy, and looks so diminutive in her sports gear that she could be mistaken for a woman of delicate build. She is anything but delicate, of course. Aged 35, she is a two-time Olympic gold-medal winner – once in London’s 2012 Games, in the flyweight division, and again in 2016, at Rio de Janeiro. Continue readingread full article
