Naomi Ackie is "obsessed" with Beyoncé - but would be too starstruck to meet her

She told NME: "I remember leaving my boyfriend's and just running to Tottenham. It was one of my favourite of her shows. I mean, that woman knows how to captivate an audience. Her craft... oh my god I'm obsessed. I do not want this to become just about Beyoncé but her craft and her attention - I'm in awe. She's such an inspiration to me."

Asked about meeting her, she said: "No, no, no. This is the point: I actually can't ever meet her. I'd make a fool of myself. I just want to keep it as an idea. Her as an ideology is enough for me. So stay clear of me, Beyoncé!"

For her latest role, the 31-year-old star plays Frida in Zoe Kravitz' directional debut 'Blink Twice', and for one of the scenes she had to film herself pretending to choke on a raspberry.

She recalled: "Zoe wanted me to have this 'help me' kind of look. It was so funny as well because she said: 'You've got to choke on the raspberry. Make it look convincing but don't actually die. OK, action!'"

The film stars 35-year-old Zoe's real-life partner Channing Tatum, 44, as billionaire tech mogul Slater King, who invites waitress Frida to his private island, and she had a lot of "fun" playing the part.

She said: "One of my favourite things about Frida is that she's quite competitive. The raspberry thing is a question of, did she choke on purpose [to draw King's attention away from another of the girls in the group]? Is she actually as innocent as she's seeming? Is there something else going on? And that was always fun to play with."