- Financial challenges: Nollywood actors face significant financial struggles.
- Transparency: Hollywood and Nollywood have different levels of transparency regarding actor fees.
- Experience-based pay: Actor fees are determined by experience and negotiation skills, not a fixed rate.
- Fake lifestyles: Some actors project false images of wealth, owning luxury items like Range Rovers and mansions.
- Acting income: No Nollywood actor can afford a Range Rover solely through acting fees.
- Industry realities: Manuel’s comments highlight the harsh financial realities faced by Nollywood actors, contradicting common perceptions of wealth and glamour.
Veteran Nigerian actor Bimbo Manuel has spoken out about the financial struggles faced by Nollywood actors, revealing the harsh realities of the industry. On TVC’s “Your View,” Manuel discussed the misconception of wealth among Nigerian actors, highlighting the difference in transparency between Hollywood and Nollywood regarding actor fees.
Manuel attributed the disparity to cultural and industry differences, emphasizing that experience and negotiation skills determine an actor’s pay. “The experience you have counts…it suggests to whoever wants to hire you what fee you command. It’s not a fixed rate; it fluctuates.”
He also debunked the notion that Nigerian actors can afford luxurious lifestyles solely through their acting careers. “The actors you see flaunting Range Rovers and mansions in Ikoyi are living fake lives…No actor in Nigeria can buy a Range Rover from acting fees alone.”
Manuel’s candid comments shed light on the financial realities faced by Nollywood actors, challenging the perception of wealth and glamour often associated with the industry.
