How did the idea for the movie ‘Beast of Two Worlds’ come about? I got the inspiration from Femi Adebayo’s ‘Ageshinkole’. He took such a huge risk to make this movie. In the Yoruba arm of Nollywood, we usually don’t take too big a risk but Femi took that risk and I was motivated that if he could do it, then I could as well.
I contacted Mr Bayo Tijani that I needed something creative, something that would befit me. We started to source for stories. We finally decided to make Beast Of Two Worlds.
The idea of this interview is to talk about everything that has made this movie successful. Do you think that if you didn’t do the publicity stunt of using Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) at the premiere, the movie would have had the success it does now? Yes and no! Now, the movie is selling itself but in the beginning, I had that fear. When I saw the story, I knew it was going to do well but I did not want to depend on that belief.
I needed to do more and push more. I was the originator of the publicity stunt. It was my idea.
I sent Bob a message, and he responded immediately. I explained to him my idea about the premiere and that I wanted to create some buzz. He agreed without question, even though I wasn’t going to pay.
He told me that he had done something similar to a buzz for Mercy too. All of those were stunts too. So, I came up with my own buzz.
It was all to just create noise around the film. How do you feel personally about what he had to go through with EFCC? Terrib.
