Hong Kong, March 5 -- Couturier JJ Valaya talks about collaborating with ace costume designer and Academy Award winner, Ms. Ruth E. Carter for the Eddie Murphy-starrer comedy Coming 2 America that releases on Amazon Prime today. Shari Headley, Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy star in 'Coming 2 America'Image courtesy: Annette Brown(c) 2020 Paramount Pictures

Designing clothes for an imaginary kingdom is an arduous task, specially when tasked with creating a modern aesthetic of a non-colonised African nation filled with royals, courtiers, politicians and dancers. So for director, Craig Brewer was looking for a costume stylist for his African extravaganza, 'Coming 2 America', Academy Award winning costume stylist and designer, Ruth E Carter se...