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I’m not a cultist, Yoruba Nollywood actor cries out

The Eagle Online by The Eagle Online
April 26, 2019
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I’m not a cultist, Yoruba Nollywood actor cries out
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Yemi Shodimu, a veteran actor and lead character in the timeless movie: “Oleku,” on Friday said many Nigerians took him for a cultist, a role he acted in the movie.
Shodimu acted the character of Ajani, a cult member in Oleku, produced by Tunde Kelani in 1997.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the character was not his true personality.
Shodimu, also a television presenter and movie director, said Nigerians should be able to differentiate an actor’s personality from his role in a play.
He said: “Some people cannot still differentiate between Yemi Shodimu in reality and Ajani in the play, Oleku.
“Imagine somebody stopping me a couple of weeks back, giving certain signs and expecting me to respond. I got to know that those signs were for a particular secret cult, which I acted as a member in Oleku.
“The truth is that I have never been anywhere close to being a cultist apart from being a palm wine drinking club member, which I also portrayed in the play.
“I had to study that particular role well before being able to act it well.”
Shodimu said the greatest challenge he had in the movie was understanding Ajani’s character well to depict the exact role Oleku’s producer wanted.
According to him, understanding the role involved much research.
He said: “Before I could interpret the role well, I did a lot of research into what life was like in the University of Ibadan and other universities because I needed to imbibe the character of Ajani in the university.
“It took a long time to get into that character, it took a lot of energy to retain it and it took a much longer time to get out of it.
“It was really a challenging one for me; the movie was released decades ago and we never knew it was going to be that big.
“I feel we shot the movie earlier than we should because if it were now, we would be telling a different story as it will further realign us with our culture.”
NAN reports that Oleku birthed the fashion of knee-length Iro and buba called Oleku in Yorubaland.
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