Atsuko Okatsuka: ‘Fans have cut their hair to look like mine, which is a huge commitment’

Atsuko Okatsuka: ‘I think people think I’m more wholesome than I am.’ The comedian and actor wears an outfit made of pink hair rollers. Photograph: Lee Jamerson

You went to film school, what movie do you rewatch or return to most?

This would not be an answer that my film school would respect, or expect: White Chicks by the Wayans brothers. It’s about two brothers who are pretending to be rich white girls from the Hamptons. I love when something’s super stupid and silly, and there’s a scene where this group of [white] girls is in the car singing, and the two brothers have to pretend to know Vanessa Carlton’s A Thousand Miles, and I was like, “Oh my god, I’ve been there!”