Kissing-roles on movie sets have really gone wacko!

Chioma Okoye

Have you observed that  kissing-roles in our Nollywood movies are getting hotter and hotter by the day?  Same goes with Ghollywood (Ghana) movies. Hmmm, really hot and real.

Actors kissing in a movie

I disagree with  Anita Joseph, the delectable Nollywood actress who said in a press interview that deep kissing in movies were mere fallacy (make-believe). “But the way we do it, you viewers think it’s real,” she said, trying to convince me.

But what she said is nothing but  ‘Asi-Ocha’ (white lie). Some of them are real, yes as real as the sky is blue.

Did you ask what about  if they kiss for real? That after all, ‘Oyinbos’  even do worst things than mere deep kissing on movie sets? You are right. Nobody is bothered about that and no actor should be blamed for kissing and smootching  in movies as if his life depends on it provided the script says so. So, I give kudos to our Nollywood folks shaa, for kissing any available mouth so deeply, once the script says so and the movie director insists. It’s not easy! There is no easy way to make money and fame.  So, kudos to you our movie stars!

Anita Joseph

Little wonder  Chioma Okoye, actress and movie producer, CEO Purple Ribbon Entertainment gives some tips for easy and healthy kissing on movie sets. She also lectured those who are choosy about who to interpret romance roles with to desist from that as it’s not professional.  “As a good actress, you don’t have to be choosy. Looks shouldn't be considered in romance roles. What comes with romance is attitude. If I'm in an acting scene, I'm not looking at you, but at your features and my lines because I am not actually in love with that person; so why would I be looking for good looks to interpret romance roles. That means I'm not a good actress if I should do that. As a good actress, good looks shouldn't be your major concern. Looks should go to the director or the casting director. I shouldn't be in the position to choose which guy to act with when I know I have a casting director or make-up artiste who usually comes with a mouth wash which he offers to actors before they start kissing,” she says.

Bia Chere O! (Come, wait O), did she say using a mouth wash before kissing on the set? Meaning that every actor should have it? This short story sure is beneficial to new acts who may not know this. Hear her. “Every make-up artiste or actor should have a mouth wash because, for instance, I just finished eating now and maybe the next thing I'm doing is shooting a romance film. If the guy has not eaten, do you want me to use my onions mouth to kiss him? That would put him out of character. That is why mouth wash is provided so as to kiss  according to the script. After acting, the whole thing ends there,” she nodded.

How about those with body odour?

“That is a serious problem because directors don’t give perfume. But every lady should have a perfume in her handbag. Even the guys, they should have perfume too. Because if you are acting, the room is usually hot and with the lights that are being used; it looks like oven. You use your facial wipe to clean up, and apply your body spray or perfume. It makes you look fresh and feel comfortable. You need to smell fresh and good all the time. If you don’t have mouth odour, you don’t have to carry your mouth wash. What you need to do is to brush in the morning and evening and you are good to go.”

Hmm! O dikwa egwu o (na wao)