Nollywood actress Jemima Osunde has spoken out about latest components influencing the casting of actors within the Nigerian film business.
The film star claimed that filmmakers at the moment are pressuring actors to turn out to be social media content material creators earlier than casting them of their movies.
Osunde made this declare in a latest dialog along with her colleague, Jammal Ibrahim.
She mentioned: “Now, it’s as if they [filmmakers] are forcing each actor to be a social media content material creator earlier than casting them. It’s as in case you should dance on the web to get roles. Why?
“It’s like in case you’re not an actor with a robust social media presence, we’re not casting you as a result of we want you to promote our movie. That shouldn’t be the actor’s job.”
Jammal Ibrahim added: “That’s the place good administration is available in. I’ll provide you with an instance: I informed my administration that I don’t know learn how to dance. I’m a horrible dancer. So, a very good supervisor would have a look at you and say, ‘Okay, that is your character. How can we work with who you might be to make you higher?’ Not, ‘How can we push you to be everybody else?’
“In the event you’re doing a PR stunt for a movie and also you’re going to be dancing, significantly, I’m not going to be a part of it, except I really feel just like the dance is one thing I can truly do. I don’t need to look silly on display screen. It’s simply not my character.”
