Nollywood Actor, Deyemi Okanlawon has stated the significant challenges actors face in the Nigerian movie inustry.
According to him, actors in the Nigerian film industry are severely underpaid.
Okanlawon stated this while appearing recently on MTV Base Africa program, Lights, Camera Stardom, alongside his colleague Daniel Etim-Effiong.
He said: “I think [Nollywood] actors are not being paid enough. And the other hand, we are not financially literal enough to use what we do have and maximize it to protect ourselves in the future.”
Etim-Effiong added: “I also think that the way the [Nigerian movie] industry works, it doesn’t provide enough for the actors to work with both financially and otherwise.
“For example, I don’t think actors are given enough time to prepare [for their roles]. I don’t think actors are given enough time even to work on themselves.”
