Swedish-Nigerian filmmaker and dancehall artiste Dare ‘Baba Dee’ Fasasi has recounted how actor Segun Arinze deterred an armed theft assault on the Benin-Ore Street in Ondo State.
In a video posted on his Instagram web page on Saturday, Fasasi, late singer Sound Sultan’s elder brother, revealed that the armed robbers halted their operation upon seeing Arinze.
Baba Dee’s account additional amused the viewers. After halting their actions, he stated the robbers started praising the actor, addressing him by his iconic display title, ‘Black Arrow.’
Arinze gained widespread fame for his portrayal of ‘Black Arrow’ in Chico Ejiro’s 1996 basic, ‘Silent Night time.’
He stated, “Guys, I child you not. It’s a real-life story. I used to be in Ore, someplace in Ore, Benin, and driving with one actor. Once we obtained there, there was a theft, after which we needed to pack the car.
“You realize we had been going for a marriage, so we packed the car. In some way, I simply observed that each one the armed robbers had been coming to hail the actor “Black Arrow” “Black Arrow” and that’s how they stopped the actor. This [Segun Arinze] is the one actor with road credibility amongst armed robbers, and I swear to God. I swear to God.”
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Whereas Fasasi recounted the incident within the video, Arinze stood beside him, laughing and saying, “You might be loopy, man.”
Background
Since his iconic portrayal of ‘Black Arrow’ in ‘Silent Night time’ introduced him to the limelight, Arinze has been persistently perceived by the general public as a ‘unhealthy man.’
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the singer-turned-actor disclosed that his fixed typecasting as a ‘unhealthy boy’ in motion pictures affected his psychological well-being, prompting him to quickly step away from performing.
On 31 Might 2024, this newspaper reported that the award-winning actor stated public notion led to his two-year hiatus from performing.
He defined, “Individuals had been persistently casting me as a ‘unhealthy boy,’ and it was starting to have an effect on my psyche. I used to be getting very depressed. Voiceovers had been what stored me going throughout that point.”
The award-winning actor started his performing profession in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Exterior of performing in motion pictures, Segun can also be an performing coach who passes his data on to the following technology of actors.
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