Nollywood actor Mike Ezurounye has reacted to the different reactions between him and his senior colleagues on the way to a movie location. The light-skinned actor shared a video on his social media page of himself travelling by boat to a movie location. In the clip, the actor looked scared as he battled his fear of water. Meanwhile, his senior colleagues, Harry B and Francis Odega, were unbothered.
Lamenting, Mike said he didn’t know how he approved the script. “Here I am wondering how I approved this script, on the way to a movie location, wondering how I am going to conquer this fear of water. And my older colleagues are like. I was not ready for this location! This older generation has seen everything”. In 2024, Nosa Rex, got into a heated argument with a movie director for ordering him to dive into a river.
Baba Rex stated that he had never seen such in his script, and the two got into a heated argument over it. He made it clear that he would never dive into any river, even if he were paid N20 million. Recall that Baba Rex’s colleague, Junior Pope, had lost his life after drowning at Anam River in Anambra State while returning from a movie set on April 8th. The actor was finally laid to rest amidst years in his hometown in Ukehe, Enugu State, in May with the likes of Destiny Etiko, KCee, E-Money, Zubby Michael, Benson Okonkwo, Chinwe Owoh, Rita Edochie, Uche Nnanna, Queen Wokoma, Ruby Ojiakor and more in attendance.
Following the death, the Actors Guild of Nigeria had banned any actor or movie producer/director from shooting a movie near riverine areas and had also suspended the use of boats in movies. Yvonne Jegede noted how his death could have been avoided if only he had worn a life jacket or if Nollywood producers had done better. She further read the riot act to movie producers, telling them to do better and to give up being a producer if they can’t produce a good film.
Ini Edo, made a similar statement, slamming the poor structure of the industry that has taken a toll on them. She lamented the actor’s death which she called a sacrifice for the realization of the need of the much needed regulation and structure that would safeguard an entire production.
