Mr Macaroni Gave Me N1M For One Scene With Pete Edochie – Peter Fatomilola

Veteran Nollywood actor Peter Fatomilola has revealed how generous Mr Macaroni was to him when they met at a movie shoot. He recently had his say during an interview, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, Mr Macaroni sent him one million naira for shooting only one scene alongside legendary Pete Edochie for one of his comedy skits.

Stressing that he was shocked by the huge amount, the moviestar added that there was no discussion about payment before they finished on set.

His words, “Then he said, let me give you the fuel. The money wasn’t less than 200,000 naira. Even the person I came to work for, I did 2 scenes gave me 50,000 naira.

He called me and said, ‘I will be expecting you for a job tomorrow. So I got there. I was waiting for them to give me a role, not knowing I was called for one scene.

Pete Edochie, we both did the film and when we were done, he said I satisfied him. We never negotiated. We were still in Lekki. I asked how much did he send? 1 million Naira.”

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.