In one of the chapters of his book, Nollywood till November: A memoir of an insider, porducer-director, Charles Novia details his experience with actresses, Genevieve Nnaji and Stella Damascus.
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Novia reminisces about a face-off that was beginning to brew between the actresses and would have spoilt a production, had he not handled it with care. In his narration, he told the story of how the duo had started on a warm note only to allow for ego to set in few days to the end of the shoot.
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' I remember when we went to Ikorodu village to shoot some forest scenes in one of my movies, it was getting late and we had one night scene left to shoot. The time was about 7.30pm and it was supposed to be the last scene for the day. Genevieve took some extra time on her make-up. Stella walked up to me in agitation. ' Sir, please tell Genevieve to hurry up. It's late, we are in the middle of nowhere and she's still making up. I am a wife and mother. I have kids to attend to at home tonight. She should not waste our time '. I looked at Stella in surprise. There was an unusual edge in her voice. I could not fathom out why she would sound a bit antagonistic. I knew she had a point on the time being spent by Genevieve in making up but I always assumed she had been okay with it. But she did have a point about the time being a bit late and we were actually miles away from the main town in a bush somewhere! I walked up to Genevieve who was rubbing powder on her face, while the make-up artist stood nearby, warily telling her she had over-done her face.' Genny, lets shoot this. Its late. Come on! ' ' Just a minute, sir ' she replied.She spent a few more seconds dabing powder over a big pimple on her cheek. Stella was behind me, scowling and tapping her foot, impatiently. I took the whole incident between them as one of some brimming rivarly among actors which directors and producers face at times on set so I did not pay much notice to it ' he wrote.
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Novia's memoirs, detailing his experiences during his active years as a producer and director, is a 155 page book published by Author house.
If i were to pick out of the two, i won't know who to pick o..Seriously
Genny was simply making up to mak the film more of a success.Stella should have known she was working for money...she was supposed to endure whatever
@Nifemi But genevieve was wasting the crew's time,that is really not fair
i see it as rivalry that's all
Yes.pure and harm-free rivalry
Quote from: Tina lawrence on Sep 28, 2012, 03:09 PM
If i were to pick out of the two, i won't know who to pick o..Seriously
They both have lots of fans in Nigeria and all over the world.It would be very hard to say who is better
Yes i agree with you.without them on our tv screen, it would've been so dry
Stella's new smashing single is so on point
acting entails so many things.now i know
stella damascus is now a musician o