Nollywood actor, Gregory Ojefua, in an interview with TheCable Lifestyle, opens up on his experience working with Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde in Alter Ego, his works in the pipeline and life away from acting.
On what makes ‘Alter Ego’ different from other Nollywood movies.
‘There is no invention that hasn’t already been invented, the only thing is to advance on what we already have. Same applies to the movie industry, you either take a story or part of a story that has been told and develop something put of it or better still since creativity is such that you can come up with something unique.
‘So many movies have had alter egos in them touched in them but you can just pick that out and now make a movie out of it. We look for novelty, we look for great stuff and this is one of them, we should applaud the producer and the actors, which includes me for doing a great job.’
On the role he played in the movie.
‘I played Barrister Ikeduba, who was a defence lawyer for one of the accused. I had a very intense scene with Omotola who played prosecuting lawyer; it was a wonderful experience getting to work with her and play such role.
‘You know lawyers when they are having this their banter, it’s give and take as though missiles are flying, it was an intense scene and I look forward to doing that again with some other person.’
On what’s next for him, he said:
‘The recent movies I have featured in include ‘Stormy Hearts’, and ‘Behind the Wheels’. The next one would be ‘Trace’; the private screening is next week and it would be in cinemas from July 28.
‘I just finished about three other movies in the past two weeks.’
Away from movie sets, what do you do?
‘I’m either sleeping, reading scripts even when I’m supposed to be resting, catching up on messages, emails, get a bit of family time and what I can to unwind.’
On whether he would describe himself as social media savvy:
‘On a scale of 10, I’d give myself a six or seven because I know people who sleep, eat, dream and wake social media. I just get on there to do some things and get out.’
On what he would be if you were not an actor?
‘I’d be an importer and exporter. I’m not one to sit put, I’m an interesting person, in fact, I interest myself. I’m very lively, active and fun loving so you can’t keep me on a seat 9-5; I’d prefer to travel.
‘Doing importation and exportation takes you round places, speak to people and put money in your pocket. So I’d still be acting but acting with my customers.’
This post first appeared on TNS.