The seasoned Nigerian actress Ngozi Nwosu has expressed her displeasure with Nollywood films for being too predictable.
Ngozi mentioned in an interview with Pulse how many people who shouldn’t be producing films are doing so these days. She claims that a lot of today’s films are too idealistic and therefore unrelatable.
She claimed that because they are only interested in making money, many people have gotten lazy and don’t want to complete their research before making films.
Ngozi Nwosu emphasised that the days of relating to Nollywood films are long gone, pointing out that things have changed from the past when people were cautious about how they portrayed themselves.
The Skinny Girl in Transit star added carefreeness is the order of the day. In her words:
“A lot of people who are not supposed to be producers are now producers. Wishy-washy stories every day. There are some stories you read, and you know immediately this is from foreign movies. They are not relatable. People have become lazy. They don’t want to research again because they are after the money.
We no longer relate as we used to anymore. We used to go to our fellow actors’ houses and drink water, but you can’t do that anymore because you don’t know who to trust. All leaves are lying down, but you don’t know the one with a stomach ache.
People in our time were more careful with how they represented themselves, but now everybody does whatever they want. Today, if you like, be naked, no one cares”.
Speaking on what has changed between the old and new Nollywood, she stated there is tremendous improvement citing the use of VHS.
Ngozi Nwosu added that, there is still a problem in Nollywood which has to do with time management, rehearsal and script writing. She said:
“A lot. You see, we started with VHS. So when you talk of improvement, there’s been a lot. The movie industry has improved tremendously. But, the problem is that before we used to work with time, we used to rehearse and discuss. When a writer brings a script, we put it on the table for people to discuss. But today, it’s not like that”.
