Nollywood top actress Shan George,In a recent interview opened up about making movies and her life in general.
Read excerpts below;
On how many movies she produced?
I produced my first
movie when I was at the University of Lagos which was in 2008. It was
titled All for Winnie. Till date, I have produced 22 movies in all.
On how the scandals and controversies affect her?
As a human being,
such things affect me. How we cope with it is what makes us different.
For me, I see it as the hazard of the profession. Fortunately, my
children are adults and can decipher truth from falsehood. Truth is,
when people write false comments about you, those who are very close to
you (your family) always know the truth. They are those who matter to
me.
Once you have a clear conscience, then there is no fear.
On rumors of her third marriage?
There was no third
marriage. Actually, it was a role I played in a movie. Entitled
‘Heartbreak’, it was shot late last year in Abuja. In the movie, I got
married and the production pictures circulated in the media as part of
publicity stunt for the movie. Then, some bloggers, who claim to be
journalists, got hold of it and said I got married! It was just a movie
wedding not a real one.
On if she regrets being an actress?
Yes. I do nurse
regrets when people assume you are the roles you interpret in films. It
is make-believe and if you don’t do it well, no producer comes for you
again. The number two challenge of acting is the fact that people think
you are what they see in movies. If you were living in a big house or
you are a big Abuja babe and then when they see you in real life they
want to see you in that wealthy appearance and opulence which is not in
existence and then it has a psychological effect on those acting.
There was a time I
was pelted with tomatoes at Alade market because some of those people
believed I snatched my friend’s husband in a movie! That aside, some
actors act as rich men/women in films and cannot extricate themselves
from such roles in reality. They now live beyond their means and get
involved in scandals because they are so desperate to meet with the
standard. I am not a victim of that anyway.
On exposing skin for movie roles?
Yes, that was then.
Now, I reject some scripts not because they would not pay me, (in fact,
they are willing to pay double) but because of obscenity. Recently, I
was invited to shoot a film in Ghana and I rejected the script because
it exposes a lot of my body as a character in the movie. The producer
was willing to pay me in millions but I refused.
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