![]() ![]() I don’t want to get into the whole culture, interracial marriage and the Igbos and Yorubas were well represented but where were the Hausas and the Efik and all that. Know in your mind that you’re going to be entertained and you’re going to have a good time and you’re going to see more in the second one than in the first. On gong to see the movie with an open mind and zero expectations: Just go in to have a good time. You should beat Banky.’ The slapping was real and we did it about eight times. Ah eyaa, I feel sorry for your head, just slapping you anyhow anyhow. On the most interesting reactions he got from his role: I didn’t know you can act. I get the question a lot like how much of Ikechukwu is in Sola and I’m like Sola is Ikechukwu, not in its entirety but there’s a lot of Ikechukwu in Sola. Not only was I surrounded by A-list actors but a lot of them I knew of and revered as legends, so it was very necessary to bring my A game.As much as I read that script over and over again until it was time to shoot, nothing stuck. On landing his role, learning his lines and how similar his character is to him: I’m used to performing and learning lines, but this was different. We try to wear other people’s shoes and feel other people’s pain and pleasure and represent people struggling in different ways. I want people to understand that there’s a deeper sense to it, what we do as actors. On his big dreams and hopes to make a mark in the industry: Acting is not just about being a star. No one person can outdo a collabo except we start to appreciate collaborative efforts, which is where we should be looking towards so that we can all pull in our strengths to make sure we drive our stories home and our publicity as fast as we can go. The class of people that would rather watch foreign movies, now consider Nigerian films because of The Wedding Party. They’ve brought back confidence to the Nigerian cinema space. No independent producer has such capacity or strength. On how the ELFIKE Film Collective has raised the bar in the Nigerian movie industry: It’s never been done before in the Nigerian space where four big studios come together to form the collective ELFIKE. Even when we were all tired, we were still happy because of the synergy with the cast and crew. On the energy on set : This is just one of those few films that get your blood pumping with excitement and you enjoy it no matter how much stress comes.
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