A couple of days ago, an upcoming actress Cynthia Agu made news when she took to her IG page to lament on how many auditions she has been to without being offered any role afterwards.
Not long after, IK Ogbonna reached out to her promising her a role in his new movie.
On why he did such, IK told Sunday Scoop;
“I modelled for a very long time before I started acting and I know the type of hustle that comes with auditions. I went for a lot of auditions and there were times that I wasn’t picked. I understood her point of view when she said that sometimes, it seems like you’d be offered the job, and then you don’t get the final call back. I know that for her to have been picked initially means she has some sort of talent. I cannot help everybody but I try to assist as many people as I can. I saw her for the first time when she made that post. The reality of life is that if you don’t bring yourself out there, nobody would see you. I sent her a message on Instagram and she responded. She is going to appear in my next movie and if any other job that I can recommend her for comes up, I would do that.”
On offering Cynthia the role just to garner publicity for himself;
“I already have free publicity because of what I do. I usually act three movies in a month; sometimes four. I don’t see the need for publicity stunts. It wasn’t even as if I made a post about it; I just made a comment on her post.”
