Actors Must Stop Dictating Who I Should Cast Alongside Them On My Movie – Georgina Ibeh

Nollywood actress, Georgina Ibeh has come out to blast actors who dictate to her who the cast for her film should be.

She recently had her say via a social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she is tired of so-called professionals trying to dictate to her who she should cast in a movie she is paying them for, and she will no longer condone such nonsense from anyone.

Ibeh added that the suggestions must stop because she has what it takes to decide who should play what on her set.

Her words, “This has been happening but recently I’d call an actor for a job and the next thing they ask me after negotiation and payment is ‘Who is in the movie?’ Okay, this is normal; we all do it; we want to know which actor is in the movie so we can vibe with them and all that.

But some people would go as far as suggesting cast that should be in the movie you’re paying them to act in. The person would now tell you that they’d only act in your movie if you use the person they suggested. Ah ah.

So if I don’t use the particular person that you want, you won’t act in the movie? This has been happening a lot and maybe I’m a bit old-school but I’ve tolerated so much in this movie-producing business.

Let this nonsense stop today! Nobody should try it with me or GI films. If I call you, act and go home. Don’t suggest people to me!”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.