Why We Don’t See More Nigerian Women in Action Films - Kate Henshaw

Do you remember the movie The Set Up? It starred Adesua Etomi, Kehinde Bankole, Dakore Egbuson, Jim Iyke and more. Did you watch it? If you didn't and you want to, it's on Netflix but that's not the point.

A part 2 of that movie is coming out and it is promising to have more action in it. While premiering the movie, a number of Nollywood stars on the red carpet were asked questions about how they felt to see women being the ones leading the action in the movie.

Stars Stan Nze, Uzor Arukwe, Kehinde Bankole, and Kate Henshaw gave their thoughts but by far, Kate's answer is the one I for some reason found the funniest and just had to show you. Here's exactly what everybody said and at the bottom of this article, I have also attached the video of the interviews if you want to see it yourself. Here's what they said.

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Speaking about if she got any injuries while starring in the action movie, Kehinde Bankole said:

I didn't have bruises but people, a few here and there, the ones I witnessed, nothing so terrible. Nothing terrible. But for me, no. I didn't have [any bruises]. So yes, when you say am I looking forward to doing more action, it means you're saying am I looking forward to training more? Am I looking forward to putting in the work? It's another kettle of whatever entirely. So if you're ready to apply yourself, yes you can. I am willing to train more. This was just an introduction into what it could be and we're like "oh this is nice, more of this." So we'll train more, we'll do more of what we need to do.

Speaking about having women as the stars of a Nollywood action movie, Uzor Arukwe said:

I feel like it's amazing. As long as it's art. One thing I say is we're all actors whether male or female. So I hardly say actresses, I would say male or female actor. Our female colleagues are in the forefront of this particular film, I'm all for it. It makes too much sense to me.

Also speaking about how it is to have women as the stars of an action film, Stan Nze said:

Nollywood has gone so far to create really genuine stories. I mean, it's good for you to have an agent movie like this and a female is the lead. A female is doing the bad ass stuff, jumping from cliffs, functioning in fighting sequences. I think it's amazing and we're telling stories that resonate with people and that show women strong and that shows Nollywood is strong generally.

Finally, speaking about why we don't see more Nigerian women doing action movies, Kate Henshaw said:

You cannot do action if you are unfit. You have to look a certain way to be able to carry out action moves. To be able to fight in the first instance. Cuz it takes all of your energy, all of your tactics, and everything. Training, you have to be able to train for those scenes. You can't just come and be slapping hand up and down. A lot of people are unfit! If there are more fit females, we'll have more females doing lead roles.

I don't know why but when I tell you that Kate's answer took me OUT! I was dying of laughter because which kin stray bullet did everybody just come and catch? Wahala for who no dey fit o! 😂

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