How My Body and Face Has Helped Me in Nollywood - Kunle Remi

Nigerian actor Kunle Remi burst into the national consciousness after appearing on the hit reality television show, Gulder Ultimate Search many years ago. After participating in the competition, he then entered into Nollywood and has today amassed quite a devoted fanbase and is one of the most sought after actors in the industry.

Now, in a new interview with The Nigerian Tribune, Kunle Remi is opening up about how he made the transition from reality star into actor, as well as talking about how his good looks and physique really helped him break into Nollywood. Here is what Kunle Remi said.

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Speaking about breaking into the industry and how being a fine boy with a good physique helped him a lot, Kunle Remi said:

Before I started acting, I had to prove myself, not just to the world, but to myself. I’ve always wanted to be a filmmaker. The reality show I went for had nothing to do with acting.  It was a platform that just put me out there and after there what is next? It is not just that after I finished the show then I started acting; I went through the process even though I did a few things before I went to school but I went through the training process. Each job I got, I made sure I did it well and gave it everything I had so that I got a referral for it. It’s been referrals after referral and people can stick out their neck for you if they know that you will deliver. I’m still going through the process.

My physique has helped in many ways. One of my colleagues once said he wished he was fine like me, but I said no that is not the point. There are so many fine people that are not actors while there are people that you will not consider as handsome, but they are super talented. It is way beyond good looks. I was fighting with the fact that I was not just getting roles because of my looks and not the fact that I can portray them well. Let the looks just be an added advantage. I’m ready to go hideous, one of the happiest moments of my life was when Kunle Afolayan said he was going to scrap my beards and I would have tribal marks, I was still fine. It is a gift and I embrace it but I still want to do more without people being distracted by my looks. People don’t want to take those risks. In American films they can use make up to make you look hideous or a certain way. Absolutely, I would do my life stunts or whatever it takes. I would take off my eyebrows for a character. I would lose weight for a character because all these things will grow back. I see myself as a canvas, I’m good looking but what do you really want me to be. Do I fit into the character? It’s my fans that were concerned about me shaving my beards; in fact I’m not even growing it back. I don’t mind.

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