January 21, 2017 – Victor Osuagwu Exposes Nollywood Producers Using Auditions To Lure Girls, Upcoming Actresses
Ex-Chairman of Lagos Chapter of AGN, Victor Osuagwu recently revealed how he fought the growing menace of sexual harassment in Nollywood.
According to him, the fight to end the canker worm requires a tough hand.
This is what Mr Osuagwu said about sexual harassment in the thriving entertainment industry:
“It has been my nature to see challenges as entertainment. If you face it the hard way, you will not succeed. That was the way I handled some of the sexual harassment cases we had.
This is sounding a note of warning, we will get you wherever you are and deal with you. What this set of people do is to organize ‘auditions’ and at the end of the day mess up girls.”
Bemoaning the state of the industry, he continued: “These days, before you are auditioned, you pay money, before you act, you pay money, to see yourself on screen, you pay money and that is why we are having wishy-washy production all over. This is not the AGN we are looking for.
“Sometimes you also blame up and coming ones. When they tell you that they are ready to do anything, what do you do? A gullible producer, director, production assistant, personal assistant will rip you off because you can do anything.
People are even buying laptops and expensive gifts just to be on posters but when you check their act in the whole film, it is just one scene.
“And do you know one funny thing; this attitude has encouraged some green horns to buy their way into acting. They are not really actors.
I remember in those days, once you are auditioned and you pass, you go through rehearsals but these days it doesn’t happen anymore.”
Ya right on this one, it’s like MTN now.
It’s everywhere in the country and people still fall prey of it cos of desperation to be on screen or poster
Must people who occupies position always look for a way to take advantage of boys who can pay and girl who can give them sex….a girl who has no self discipline, probably had been prostituting, that does not mean anything to her,but a decent girl who is good in doing that same thing will be left out because she is not ready to grant their evil desire…. And that is one of the reason why there is fall in standard…many are no longer after the future of their profession,but what they can get.