Popular Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, often acts the role of a
wicked man in movies. And his depictions are so real that many fans
believe that is his real character. In this chat with Showtime
Celebrity, he explains that the negative reaction of fans towards his
wicked roles is what actually led him into acting comic roles. Excerpts…
You seem to have an affinity for comedies; why is that?
I wouldn’t call it affinity. Years ago, I found out that most of the
scripts that were brought to me didn’t have comic relief; I was always
given roles of a wicked man and I got to understand that most of my fans
were not pleased with it. Some of them felt it was something real, and
the consequence was that whenever I stepped out in public, I was caught
in embarrassing situations. I then decided to be infusing comic relief
even when I’m playing wicked characters because I’m a veteran screen
writer. In the early 80s, we were operating in