Actor says he hates his gay role with Muna Obiekwe in 'Dirty Secrets'

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March 1, 2015 2:49 PM

Every Nollywood movie lover remembers the controversial movie 'Dirty Secrets'. Jibola Dabo says he regrets playing gay alongside late Muna Obiekwe in movie.

The movie Dirty Secret generated lots of controversy amongst Nigerians following the gay scenes between the late Muna Obiekwe and r Jibola Dabo.

In a recent Interview with Punch Newspaper, Jibola reveals that he hates the character he had to play in the movie.

According to him, the scenes were too raw as there was no proper editing. The movie 'Dirty Secret' also stars Tonto Dike.

Jibola also spoke on Muna Obiekwe's health, according to him, Muna drank and smoked like he had no liver.

Read excerpts from interview;

I hate to advertise for any movie and I believe every movie I have been a part of has been challenging in several ways. However, the movie that I had to put extra effort is also the movie I hate the most, ‘Dirty Secrets.’ I played a role that is totally different from who I am in reality. I hate the character I played and for me to do it well, I had to become the character. I had to hate myself while doing so. It was bad. After the movie, I had to keep telling myself that the character I portrayed was not who I am.

I don’t want to see it. I have been asked if I could play such a role again and I told them ‘yes’ but only if I have access to the post-production stage. There are some things that should have been edited in the movie that were not removed. There are some things an actor would do to make his acting real that should be edited but they released the movie like that. It was so raw and it was terrible for them to put everything out there.

I felt sad about it. But the young man had been sad for a while because he had been careless about his health. He drank too much alcohol and he didn’t remember that he had a liver. He was also a chain smoker, but of course, there are also people that do it and live longer. I was saddened that we had lost another star because he was a great actor.

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