Nollywood Actor Damilola Ogunsi Responds to Viewer Mistakenly Faulting ‘Anikulapo’ Director for Casting a White Actor as an Angel in the Series “Rise of the Spectre.”
User Ohjay1, sharing a clip from “Anikulapo,” mistakenly faults the casting choice of Damilola Ogunsi as an angel, in a scene where the protagonist Saro (played by Kunle Remi) encounters the celestial being at the gates of heaven. He wrote: “This thing has to stop, why use white as angel inside black movie #Anikulapo.”
In response, the actor mentioned that it feels good not to be recognized in that context.
He, however, said he is “blacker” than anyone in the scene.
Reposting the viewer’s tweet, Ogunsi wrote: “Feels good not to be recognized.
I’m sure I’m ‘blacker’ than anyone in that scene.”
