My “Behind The Scenes” Role Challenged Me Emotionally – Scarlet Gomez

Nollywood actress Scarlet Gomez has opened up about the emotional demands of filming “Behind The Scenes.” She recently had her say during an interview with The Sun, and fans have been reacting.

Describing some of the scenes as difficult to perform, Scarlet stated that the role required her to immerse herself deeply in the character’s emotions.

Admitting to her surprise by the response the movie received, the moviestar added that she still finds it hard to believe the impact her performance had on viewers.

Her words, “Uh, the emotional scenes were very challenging to shoot. Having to put myself in that headspace and make it as believable as possible. It was really tough.

I didn’t believe it, and I still can’t. I see many tell me they cried, and I’m like, ‘Did I do that?’ I’m just grateful to God that they could feel what I wanted them to feel, and it’s amazing.

The reaction of movie lovers to Behind The Scenes left me gratefully speechless.

I won’t say ever, but it was challenging.

I have a lot in store for my fans and movie lovers. I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag, but at the end of the year, about three projects should be dropping.

Different movie genres, in which I will play different characters.

Regrets so far? No. I’m right where I’m supposed to be, and I’m grateful to God.

It’s not actually about the money, I am an actress, it’s make-believe, it’s not real. An actor should be a blank canvas; you should be able to allow yourself to be moulded into different things. I think the only thing that would scare me is acting with snakes; I hate them.

It was actually a means to an end. I didn’t think I would end up taking up acting as a career. Back then, I just wanted to make some money. I stumbled on Nollywood and fell in love with it. That was around 2012-2013.”

WOW.

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.