Martin said “Who Fears Death” is still in the script stage; it’s too early to say where it’s headed. In the meantime, Okorafor’s profile rises. Her health is fine, but the bottoms of her feet feel “eternally numb.” So she drives with a flashlight. She does it to see her legs in the dark. “You rely on perception, but me, it’s like my feet aren’t there. If I flip on the light and see my feet, I’m OK. Which is a mental thing, but it’s a physical thing too.” And so she goes to the gym, the same gym that she has been going to since she was 11. They all know her there. “People recognize me, then they ask, ‘Whatever happened to tennis?’ ”