Monday, 16 September 2013

"I was stoned with tomatoes after stealing my friend`s husband" Nollywood actress Shan George reveals!!!

In a recent interview, Cross River - born actress, Shan George opened
up about making movies and her life in general:
As a human being, such things affect me. How we cope with it is
what makes us different. For me, I see it as the hazard of the
profession. Fortunately, my children are adults and can decipher truth
from falsehood. Truth is, when people write false comments about
you, those who are very close to you (your family) always know the
truth. They are those who matter to me.
Once you have a clear conscience, then there is no fear.
There was no third marriage. Actually, it was a role I played in a
movie. Entitled ‘Heartbreak’, it was shot late last year in Abuja. In the
movie, I got married and the production pictures circulated in the
media as part of publicity stunt for the movie. Then, some bloggers,
who claim to be journalists, got hold of it and said I got married! It
was just a movie wedding not a real one.
Yes. I do nurse regrets when people assume you are the roles you
interpret in films. It is make-believe and if you don’t do it well, no
producer comes for you again. The number two challenge of acting is
the fact that people think you are what they see in movies. If you
were living in a big house or you are a big Abuja babe and then when
they see you in real life they want to see you in that wealthy
appearance and opulence which is not in existence and then it has a
psychological effect on those acting.
There was a time I was pelted with tomatoes at Alade market because
some of those people believed I snatched my friend’s husband in a
movie! That aside, some actors act as rich men/women in films and
cannot extricate themselves from such roles in reality. They now live
beyond their means and get involved in scandals because they are so
desperate to meet with the standard. I am not a victim of that
anyway.
Yes, that was then. Now, I reject some scripts not because they would
not pay me, (in fact, they are willing to pay double) but because of
obscenity. Recently, I was invited to shoot a film in Ghana and I
rejected the script because it exposes a lot of my body as a character
in the movie. The producer was willing to pay me in millions but I
refused.

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