Van Vicker fires back at Lil Win over movie snub claims, says “I never confirmed the role”
Ghanaian actor Van Vicker has pushed back against allegations by fellow actor and filmmaker Kwadwo Nkansah Lil Win that he abandoned a movie project shortly before production was due to begin.
The dispute surfaced after Lil Win publicly expressed his disappointment with Van Vicker over what he described as a last-minute withdrawal from a planned film.
In a video, Lil Win suggested that the development had affected his production plans and indicated that he would no longer work with Van Vicker on his movie projects.
Van Vicker has now offered his side of the story, arguing that there was no confirmed role for him to pull out of.
According to a report, Van Vicker said discussions about his involvement began when a director contacted him on Lil Win's behalf concerning two productions scheduled to be filmed in Kumasi.
The actor explained that the initial dates proposed for the shoots did not work with his already scheduled commitments.
When the production team suggested alternative dates, Van Vicker said he did not immediately accept the roles. Instead, he agreed to check his calendar and asked to receive the scripts before deciding whether he could take part.
After assessing his schedule, he said he communicated to the director several days ahead of the proposed filming dates that he would not be available.
Van Vicker said the producers subsequently tried to make the arrangement possible by reducing the number of days they expected him to spend on set.
However, even after the proposed adjustment from roughly three or four days to two days, he said his existing commitments meant he still could not participate.
The actor therefore rejected the description of the situation as a last-minute cancellation.
His position is that the discussions never progressed to the point where he formally confirmed his participation, making it inaccurate to suggest that he pulled out of an already agreed movie appearance.
Van Vicker also questioned the decision to take the disagreement into the public domain.
He suggested that the manner in which the issue was presented could create an inaccurate impression about what actually happened between him and the production team.
Rather than engage in a public back-and-forth, Van Vicker said he was unwilling to become part of what he viewed as a misleading narrative surrounding the proposed collaboration.
The disagreement has since drawn attention from movie fans, particularly because both Van Vicker and Lil Win are well-known figures in Ghana's Kumawood and broader film industry.
While Lil Win's account suggests that Van Vicker disappointed the production by withdrawing from the project, Van Vicker's explanation is that there was never a final commitment for him to honour.
The contrasting accounts have left the controversy centred on one key question: whether Van Vicker had actually confirmed the role before informing the production that his schedule would not permit him to participate.