B-OOM: Why I Was Blacklisted In Nollywood - Joke Silva Opens Up
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Nov 29, 2021
Popular Nollywood Veteran actress, Joke Silva has opened up on how she was blacklisted years back in the movie industry.
The revered role interpreter made this known during an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.
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During the interview, Joke disclosed how she felt when the movie producers and marketers in the film industry blacklisted her from the industry.
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According to her:
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"Years ago, we did this film that was the time the marketers were getting involved in movies. This marketer came to our house, we were living in Ikeja at the time, brought money for myself and my husband to come on this film that they had already started shooting. And he wanted us to play the parents of the star of the film and we decided to do it. It was Fred Amata who directed at the time. We started shooting and things were going a bit rocky until one day we were waiting for the lead actress. They told us we had to be on location by eight in the morning. And we got on location on time, we are never late. We got dressed and we were waiting. We were waiting till four in the afternoon.
"When the marketer then brings the star along to the location, I turned around and I looked at Fred and said 'I am contracted to work with you for two weeks and I will give you two extra days because I know what location can be like, after those two days, if we don't finish, I am walking'. Fred said I totally understand. I am sure he didn't believe I would do it.
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"When those two days were up, we still had one scene and it was supposed to be a very crucial scene in the film. I didn't show up. The marketer was big at that time. Because of that, I was secretly blacklisted for quite a while. Mine was never mentioned, but it was done."
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi