In a video response to a viral comment accusing Nollywood of ruining marriages through on-screen intimacy, Biodun made it clear that an actor’s marriage is not the producer’s responsibility. “That responsibility lies with the actor who chose this profession and the spouse who accepted it,” she said. “My job is to protect actors on set and present them respectfully to the audience, not to salvage their home.”
Biodun explained that intimate scenes are discussed with actors before filming. Some actors decline kissing roles for personal or religious reasons, and she works around it. Others are comfortable with it. She stressed that believability and chemistry are part of storytelling, and while she often limits romance to keep films family-friendly, she will include kissing when the script demands it.
She also pushed back on comparisons to Hollywood, noting that Nollywood’s fast “shoot and go” production style doesn’t allow time for off-screen chemistry to develop. “There’s no time for feelings to linger,” she said. “We’re already planning the next film.”
She says that her priority has always been professionalism on set and ensuring actors are treated with respect, not interfering in their personal lives.
That’s a stretch. As a movie aficionado I do believe that 90% of love scenes are completely unnecessary, even in romance movies. Intimacy and desire can be conveyed in many different ways and actors can even be filmed from such an angle to give the appearance of kissing. As a germophobe, it is icky to me for these ppl to be kissing all these different ppl. However, a movie cannot cause any strong union to break. Gossip cannot break a strong union, even lips that come to tell lies cannot break a strong union. Marriages break because they were built on shaky foundations and nobody worked to nurture the union.
ReplyDeleteI still believe that many kissing/romance scenes are not necessary whether they cause break down in marriage or not.
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