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In a recent interview with Vanguard, the ’30 Days in Atlanta’ star revealed why he stopped taking up ‘lover boy’ roles in movies, how he struggled to get money to get a GCE form and how he eventually delved into acting courtesy of a friend’s advice.
According to the actor, many movies he acted in did not see the light of the day and the first major movie he would have featured in, Glamour Girls, did not materialise because the producer was pricing him like meat despite the fact that he had impressed during the audition.
“The producer was too stingy. He was very professional, and actually brought a letter inviting me for audition for ‘Glamour Girls’ and I played my role. He jumped from his seat and shouted yes, that’s the guy I’ve been looking for.
“He invited me for negotiations and to my disappointment, he was pricing me like I was a meat in the market. It did n0t work out. I actually became a hustler working with marketers and other practitioners. I was in all the episodes in Fortunes as Jeff Akin-Thomas and was paid N100 per episode.
“I was paid N1,200 for only a quarter. I was in that soap just for the passion. Things were bad that I did not have clothes, my trousers were torn,” the fair-skinned half-caste explained sadly.
“He invited me for negotiations and to my disappointment, he was pricing me like I was a meat in the market. It did n0t work out. I actually became a hustler working with marketers and other practitioners. I was in all the episodes in Fortunes as Jeff Akin-Thomas and was paid N100 per episode.
“I was paid N1,200 for only a quarter. I was in that soap just for the passion. Things were bad that I did not have clothes, my trousers were torn,” the fair-skinned half-caste explained sadly.
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