Two top most Nollywood award winning actors and film makers Uche Jombo and Fredrick Leonard speak on their stay in the movie industry.
The two award winning actors said they were the generation of Nollywood actors that acted in an era when acting was not a profit making venture. They did it because of passion.
Speaking in an interview on ‘The Late Celebrity Show with Foster Romanus,the award winning actress Uche Jumbo said she has been in the industry for decades.
According to the actress, her first decade stay in the industry she worked so hard to become a brand while her second stay in the industry is investing back into Nollywood.
“I think I’m one of the actresses with the highest number of films; as an executive producer, I have almost close to 30 films over the years”, Uche Jumbo said.
Frederick Leonard on his part, disclosed that he has been in the industry for 14years.
He admits that his stay in the industry has been good and that acting is something he always wanted to do because it gives him joy.
According to Frederick, he recently produced four movies within a year.
“Without sounding arrogant, I could say that I have beaten every character that I wished to play; I have played the role of a pauper, gateman etc” Fredrick Leonard said.
On the side of Frederick Leonard he said circumstances are different because of the issue of piracy, funding and major issues in distribution.
While Uche Jombo said what drives her to accept script is the story because she is the story kind of girl. She will also consider the director and sometimes the characters. She said aside acting she would have loved to be a TV presenter.
By: Obaa
