Award-winning actress and producer, Funke Akindele-Bello, has described the task of producing her latest blockbuster movie, ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ as a daunting one.
The actress disclosed this while speaking with Chude Jideonwo on the latest episode of #WithChude.
Narrating her experience, she said, “I became the PA, makeup assistant, wardrobe manager etc. I styled the movie, designed the production because this is what I live for. I gave my everything to Omo Ghetto: The Saga. I had sleepless nights, swollen eyes.”
Akindele-Bello added that shuffling in between roles required her to learn new things and constantly going out of her comfort zone.
In her words, “I trained for a month for all the fight sequences. I had to fight for a month with everybody. I had to jog. I had to shed weight. I had to be in the picture. I was directing, acting, at some point, I almost passed out. They had to bring ice and put it all over me.”
‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ is currently the highest-grossing film in the Nigerian Entertainment Industry, having grossed more than N700m at the box office.
The actress also recalled her arraignment for breaking the COVID-19 safety protocols during the nationwide lockdown in 2020. According to her, the period was so tough for her that at some point she considered suicide.
“When I was told to write my statement, I said, ‘I wish I could just die. I didn’t do anything wrong. Let me just die so it will cover the whole thing,” she said.
She further revealed that she had spent a lot of time crying and wondering what she could have done differently. Her mom and husband, however, helped her get through it with words of encouragement.
