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By Adewale Adesewa
Nollywood histrion Kanayo O. Kanayo has voiced beardown concerns astir the absorption of the Nigerian movie industry, particularly connected YouTube, wherever helium says casting is present focused connected popularity and looks alternatively of existent acting skills.
In a video posted connected his Instagram page, the histrion said helium has chosen to alteration his ain approach. “I person decided to instrumentality my destiny successful my ain hands arsenic it pertains to my level connected YouTube,” Kanayo declared.
“Movie making is not astir having a good face, it’s astir being a bully actor, a bully performer. So, with oregon without a good face, that’s what I’ve decided to do. If you don’t similar it, well, that’s rather unfortunate.”
“There was an incidental galore years agone erstwhile we were trying to bring up this Nollywood business, astir 25 years ago. Some sponsors woke up and started branding actors: ‘this 1 is not a bully one, this 1 does not merchantability films.’ They killed the careers of those guys,” helium said.
The histrion explained that YouTube producers are present creating a akin occupation by giving roles lone to a tiny ellipse of actors.
“Such a happening is opening to rear its disfigured caput again. The acclaimed YouTube faces are opening to bring up the aforesaid thing, sidesplitting talents successful the industry,” helium lamented.
He added that this “monopoly of faces” makes it hard to prolong creativity and promote caller performers.
“Some of these guys volition archer you they are not escaped from September 2025 till August 2026. How past bash we prolong the contented you watch? How bash we make magic? How bash we promote caller actors to travel into the business?” Kanayo asked.
The Nollywood seasoned stressed that helium wants to beryllium chosen for jobs due to the fact that of ability, not popularity. “I don’t privation immoderate shaper to telephone maine for a occupation due to the fact that I’m a selling look connected immoderate platform. Call maine due to the fact that I tin deliver,” helium said.
Although frustrated by the trend, the histrion remains hopeful. “I don’t cognize wherefore erstwhile things travel to Nigeria, there’s ever a somersault, and this somersault is happening present connected YouTube. But I privation to employment my life’s doctrine to say: this excessively shall pass,” helium concluded.
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