Nollywood diva, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde marks 25 years of her acting trade in the Nigerian movie industry.
Omosexy shared her experience started her career 25 years in an interview.
The mother of four recounted how her mother gave her the beating of her life whenever she went out to go and do the production.
According to Omotola, her mother and generally parents did not allow their children to choose acting as their profession.
She revealed that her mother beat her countless times when she began acting in 1995.
Comparing the Nollywood of the 90s to now, Jalade-Ekeinde stated, “It’s quite complicated. I guess then we were all working for the love of it.
“Money was not the motivation because there was not much prestige to it. You couldn’t just go out and say you were an actress. I can’t remember how many times my mother gave me the beating of my life for saying I was an actress.
“It was like a holiday job or a hobby. You couldn’t just tell any of your family members it was what you were doing. To do it then you really had to be in love with it.
“For those of us who wanted to do it at the time, who really wanted something out of it, to make a career out of it, we really enjoyed what we were doing. We started with the home video and when the business people and traders started investing, it became better.
“At that point, it was much of what you put is what you get. Now, the difference is, because of social media you don’t have to work as hard anymore.
“In those days, before the public knows you, you would have been very popular in the industry, among your colleagues and people in the industry. They would have been talking about you, that, there’s this new kid that’s doing well. Directors would have been talking about you.
“Now, nobody may know you and you have become popular on social media. There are so many people now that you just hear about and you are like who’s this person and you hear she’s an actress. What did the person do? Maybe just one movie. They are actually more popular on social media than they are in the industry.”
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