Nigerian film actress, Teniola Aladese has revealed why she got into acting.
The movie star said in a recent WithChude podcast episode that her first aspirations were to become a lawyer.
The movie diva claimed to have changed her mind after reading a book written by Christopher Darden, one of the prosecutors in the well-known O.J. Simpson case.
Teniola claimed that since the law was no longer an option, she resorted to acting as her backup plan.
She said growing up, she was fascinated by Nigerian movie legends Genevieve and Regina Askia. In her words:
“To be honest, I am not sure that I knew I wanted to act up until SS2. I wanted to be a lawyer at first and then I read this book by Christopher Darden, he was one of the prosecutors on the OJ Simpson’s case.”
“He just chronicled the entire case, I finished this book and I said I am not cut out to be a lawyer. First of all I do not know what I would do if I lost a case for a client and I saw the point of view of these two lawyers and how they felt about loosing the case.
“So I was like what else can I do? My plan B was that I kind of like acting, I used to watch films especially Genevieve and Regina Askia. But it was now in SS2 that I was like, I am not sure if I want to go to school to study acting just in case it does not work out for me. What else can I study?
“And I was like my plan B is to be a news anchor and that was why I studied Mass Communication. I asked my parents and they were like if I wanted to study Theater Arts, I should. But I was like just in case, let me just study Mass Com and I would try acting.”
