“Stop Charging Exorbitant Prices” – Wumi Toriola To Upcoming Actors

Nollywood actress Wumi Toriola has come out to blast upcoming actors for regularly charging exorbitant prices. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

Noting that there are several half-baked actors with no intention of growing their craft in Nollywood, Wumi said that the few talented upcoming actors charge exorbitant prices for their services.

Toriola added that she is disappointed because everyone knows she loves blending household names with rising stars in her movies.

Her words, “Involve me??
You sabi act?
The few ones wey sabi, they won’t wait till they start selling market before they call ridiculous prices,
As a producer and an actor, I am angry.

Pls call the price, but you see that “craft”
Be sure you know it
I am so.
Half-baked actors with no intention of growing or working on their craft fill the place.
Call Action fess, e go do you like make you stone them.

Nobody uses upcoming reach me.
Check my movies, Blend of Stars, and new Talents.
Call price but go market first and be sure dem don know you.
No be to blow on social media
I am for the grass foot, let my people know you first before stressing EPs.

Pls tell me it is well
I am
If you must sell forms for the School of Arts, too, pls have time to train them.
Nor are they to collect money; they give us problems on set.
I am on take 40 as we speak.”

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.