‘I was forced into acting’ – Nkem Owoh

Famous Nollywood comic actor, Nkem Owoh, popularly called Osuofia, has described his escapade into acting arsenic “an accident”.

The seasoned explained that helium wanted to stay a scriptwriter but his colleagues, who noticed his drama skills down the scenes pressurized him into acting.

Speaking successful a caller occurrence of the Selah Meditate podcast, Owoh said, “My coming successful beforehand of the camera was an accident. I was a scriptwriter down the scenes and radical started telling maine to commencement performing successful beforehand of the camera.

“I retrieve ATV created a 7-minute programme for maine to bash stand-up drama successful the 80s. They told maine to travel successful beforehand of the camera due to the fact that I was making radical laughter down the camera. With overmuch pressure, I came successful beforehand of the camera. And I saw that what I was doing radical were buying it truthful that was however my acting vocation began.”

On the downside of his career, Owoh said being celebrated robbed him of his freedom.

“Fame took distant my freedom. A batch of radical privation to beryllium celebrities, they lone cognize the benefits but not the downsides. When you go celebrated you can’t bash a batch of the things you were doing freely before. You go restricted successful a batch of ways,” helium explained.

‘I was forced into acting’ – Nkem Owoh