Popular Nollywood Actress Vows Never To Go Nude On Set

Multi-talented Nollywood actress Maureen Okpoko who has featured in popular movies and TV series like, Dear Mother, Cat of Darkness, Lady Gaga, Facebook Babes, Mr. President, Ill Conscience, Living in Lagos, A Love like Ours, Tinsel, Daughters of Eve, has disclosed that she is yet to take a script which will compel her to go nude in front of the camera.

In an exclusive chat with Babajide Orevba of Naij.com in Lagos, the actress who is always on low-cut recounts her experience in the movie industry, but vowed that she will never take a script that will make her expose her endowments to the world.

Excerpts:

You have been in the movie industry for six years now, how has it been?

I think so far so good, I have done so well for myself considering how I started and where I am coming from. There had been a lot of improvements and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

So, what is happening to me now…. i thank God for everything, and I also thank my parents and brothers; infact they have been my pillars of strength.

They has helped me this far. It’s not easy in the industry, people come and go. It has not been a bed of roses. You really have to be tenacious, you have to persevere. You need to be focused and nothing will deter you. To attain what you want in the industry, you have to combine all these I just mentioned.

In six years, you are already getting to the top, how have you managed the success.
…..Cuts in. Well well, because I am a woman of the people and you have to be humble, which people have told me severally. However, sometimes when people approach me in public, they run to me and just hug me. And at all times one has to be friendly as much as possible.

Of course we are also humans and may not be in the mood at that moment, and when you are not warm in your response, they start feeling bad. So, most times you just have to maintain and then compose yourself.

There is a general belief that directors and producers in the movie industry demand to get intimate with actresses especially the upcoming ones before giving them a good role, was that your case too?

For me, this was not the case. Possibly because I came-in as an adult. No one has ever come to me to say before he would give me a role, I have to sleep with him. Though I have heard of this, and some people have recounted their experiences but sometimes, it’s not just the guys that goes for the ladies, sometimes, the girls go to these people to demand roles too. No one will put a knife on your neck to say ‘play ball’. Always walk away with your dignity.

Why is it that in most Nollywood movies, in the end, it’s either the problem is solved by an herbalist or a pastor or through some supernatural ways. Can’t some of these problems be solved empirically?
Well, this is not peculiar to the English genre. We have tried to improve so much and I guess we are trying our best.

Can you interpret a script even if you need to act nude?

….laughs! Well if I want to be sincere, I don’t think so. Actually I am yet to receive a script which mandates me to go nude in front of the camera.

Some ladies have tried to copy by doing the same, but it still doesn’t work for them, so they go back to their style. I also feel comfortable and I feel good on it.

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