Veteran actor Tony Umez has disclosed that some filmmakers are still owing him money after shooting movies with their production.
The actor who came as a guest on Rubbin Minds, a youth-oriented TV Interview program hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on Channels television made this disclosure.
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The actor shared his story of how he entered the movie industry and when he started being paid as an actor. Tony also touched on several issues including how the movie industry has evolved over time.
He said: “Money is what got me into acting in the first place. The model I had in my head then was the Hollywood model where you hear somebody made about 20 million dollars doing one movie and I was like “Whoa!”, it was wonderful to me, there was serious potential.
Then I entered Nollywood and my first movie, I played the lead in my very first movie. I played Chief Ikanga and I was to be paid N23,000 but up till tomorrow. So I felt it wasn’t an industry I would survive in so I left for about two years. I was doing private tutoring, I was making some money from that that kept me going”.
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“After about 2 years, I came back and did the movie, The Princess where I starred alongside Zack Orji before I hit it big with Divergent and they paid me for that one”, he added.
Tony Umez is one of the veteran actors who were the foundation of the Nollywood industry. He has been in the movie industry for over 3 decades and counting. He has acted in several movies and would be remembered for the role he played in ‘Billionaire’s Club’.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
