Sunday, August 11, 2013
• Actress Fathia Balogun's Involvement In My Crashed Marriage –Moji Olaiya Speaks. A lot has been said about the alleged involvement of divorced actress, Fathia Balogun, in the issues that led to the crashed of actress Moji Olaiya's marriage. Now Moji herself opened up on the issues... The popular actress, in a chat with 'Nonye Ben-Nwankwo of Punch, about her career and why she walked out of her troubled marriage. Excerpt:You are in a soon to be released soap, Glass House. How did it come about?A producer we call Jerry (Isichei) produced it. I am a major cast in the series.Most people know you as a Yoruba actress, but you are now featuring in an English series.But this is not my first job in English. Don't forget that I came to the limelight through Super Story and which of course, was in English. I am also in Nowhere to be Found, which is another popular soap.We learnt that you played the role of an illiterate woman in Glass HouseYes, and it was very challenging. I got married to a bank chairman in the series and I am also a publisher. I played 'Moji' even in the series. The character is just a very funny person. I must tell you the soap is very interesting. I am very happy I played that part.You have not produced any movie in recent timesThe last movie I produced was last year and it even won an award. It was premiered in Canada at the Toronto film festivals. The market is not really encouraging now. That is why most producers are really calming down to see the outcome of this piracy issue. That is why most people are not doing movies now.Are you saying you didn't make enough from your last movie?We didn't make what we expected because of piracy. However, the movie sold. It won the best movie award at last year's Yoruba Movies Academy Awards. It was also screened at the Africa Movies Academy Awards.But it wasn't nominated in any category.I don't know what happened. As far as I know, it was well shot. It had good picture quality.Will you say your father's name has opened a lot of doors for you?I'll say yes. Let's take for instance my state, Ekiti State. Most things they call my father to do, because he is old and cannot be travelling up and down, they call me to do them. I even remember the first time I went to the German Embassy for a visa. Getting the visa was very quick because the lady that attended to me knew who my father was. I got the visa. I am proud to be associated with him as somebody I can call my father. There are so many legends out there, yet their children are not proud of them.
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