Kunle Afolayan Is Very Easy To Work With – Gabriel Afolayan

Nollywood actor Gabriel Afolayan has spoken about his creative relationship with his brother, Kunle Afolayan. He recently had his say during an interview on Channels Television, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, watching films together with Kunle from childhood has helped them create a lasting bond that now influences their collaborations, includingthe  popular series “Anikulapo.”

Gabriel added that while he and Kunle argue from time to time, the aim is always to deliver quality projects.

His words, “I can remember when we were much younger; he’s going to put me on his shoulder, we go and watch films together. So we’ve already had that filmic bond while growing up. And also, it translated pretty much well.

We love quality stuff, fundamentally. And we love ourselves, even though when we argue, it’s for a certain cause that’s going to set things right. So it was pretty easy to work with him. I think we got that niche from our dad, always wanting to do things right.

For a big-scale project like Anikulapo, you can’t be any better. The project itself calls for exactly what it gets at the moment, building set from scratch, having professional cinematographers, good technical people on grading, costumes, art design… everything has to be grand.

Because it’s a series now, it needs to extend, that’s the fundamental… You can’t journey through a singular plot.

The stuff itself is called Anikulapo. Anikulapo is a title, it’s not a name. The next Anikulapo might be a much younger person. The protagonists are going to evolve. So it’s not going to be solely rested on a particular character.

Like, I said, it’s a title, Anikulapo, meaning the one with death in his pouch. Anybody who is able to bring people back to life or return from the dead can be Anikulapo. So it keeps going.

The standard is here. The only thing now is the personality around those standards. Sometimes you can have a very good script, but because of budget, the expression, the storytelling will turn another way around.… People create good things, great stuff, good stories. But when it comes to execution, everything is still about the budget input.

It’s the story. I’m a big fan of good stories, good writing, layered characters… It motivates me a lot. Filmmaking is still personal. What is your reason? Why are you in this field? Even though there are general rules, your own values influence the work… you wouldn’t want to disgrace yourself in front of the audience.”

WOW.