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04.04.2012 General News

I Stopped Acting In Nollywood Because Of Poverty/Prince Onyeka Eze

By mustapha ayinde inusah
I Stopped Acting In Nollywood Because Of PovertyPrince Onyeka Eze
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Ghana is becoming the home of most Nigeria celebrities as we have heard 2face and a few other Nigeria celebrities revealed to the Ghanaian media that Ghana is their second home and will surely relocate to Ghana in future.

Veteran Nollywood Actor Prince Onyeka Eze who started his movie career in the late 90s and moved to Ghana between 1990 and 2000 after visiting Ghana for the first time has also revealed to Nollywoodgists.com that he has been in Ghana all this while .He said it is because he feels comfortable in Ghana and doesn't think staying in Ghana is bad because they see Ghana as their second home but he is still proud of Nigeria.

He continued that when he came to Ghana, he decided to recess from the movie industry and be on a low profile because he wanted to study and work on some business which will not make the public notice him quickly. “Even at my early stages in Ghana, I had some movie fans that used to ask me if I am the one they have been seeing in the movies but I always tell them am not the one” he added.

Talking about how it all started in Nollywood, He stated that he got his first major script through Charles Inojie in the late 90s but did his first commercial movie titled “My Town, followed by issakaba 2,Awilo sharp sharp ,Aguba Ogolo, Police Officer and a few others.

Prince who has starred in movies with Top stars like Genevieve Nnaji, Michael Ezuruonyye, Jim Iyke, Mama G etc Lamented that he stopped acting in nollywood in 2005 because of poverty and didn't want to be popular with poverty.

For now he is back into the scene and has managed to star in more than 10 Nigeria and Ghana movies with Top Nollywood and Gollywood starts like Genevieve Nnaji,Michael Ezuruonye,Artus Frank, Mercy Johnson,chinedu ikedieze,Osita iheme, Victor osuagwu,clem ohameze,Tony umez,peter edochie,rita edochie,ofiafuluagu mbaka,Yvonne Okoro,Pat Attah, Kafui Danku,patience ozokor etc

Commenting on the current state of Nollywood movies, he said that Nollywood movies have really made African film industry proud in terms of quality African stories.

Talking about his favorite movie star, he noted that he will always love to star in movies with Actress mercy Johnson because she is her favorite and a good actress by all standards.

He adviced African film makers to start helping the upcoming movie stars so that Africa can boast of lots of great talents .

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