Movie stars, Omotola Ekeinde and Genevieve Nnaji are definitely not smiling at the moment as very few acting
opportunities have come their way.
This development is not due to the
fault of the actresses rather, they have become victims of their own success.
It will be recalled that the two
acts have not been frequent in movies and the last one Genevieve did, Dr. Bello
was a flop at the box office.
Also, Omotola has not done any major
film in recent times, her last major movie was Last Flight to Abuja about two
years ago.
Addressing the issue, movie producer
and director Obi Emelonye had this to say:
“Genevieve and Omotola are the two
biggest actresses we have in Nollywood, they cannot afford to charge less than
their status and that is where the problem comes in. Their charges are probably
above what the industry can afford. Their charges are like half of the entire
production budget so which producer can afford that?”
Continuing, he said “What they can
do now as it is with other big stars all over the world, is that they should
begin to fund their own productions and act in them, they can act whatever role
will enhance their brand, they need to start a production company now, and push
themselves because they need to remain relevant and must not be seen as
jobless. If corporate bodies perceive them as jobless they won’t want to do
business with them, they might even price them cheap.”