I Won’t Dance if it’s Forced

Popular Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has said she is not opposed to dancing for fun while promoting a movie but will not do so if it feels forced or obligatory.

The veteran actress and filmmaker made this known during a recent appearance on TVC Entertainment, a clip of which was shared on Instagram on Tuesday.

“I’m sorry, I would not be doing the dancing. I’m very, very sorry. It’s just not me. I dance. I love to dance, I’m sure a lot of us love to dance.

She explained that the backlash against dance-driven movie promotions stems from the pressure placed on actors to participate, rather than allowing such moments to happen naturally.

“I think the problem and the reason why a lot of people are kicking back at it is because you want to dance because you feel like it, not because you have to,” she said.

According to Omotola, there is nothing wrong with cast members dancing during promotional activities if it happens organically.

“There’s a difference, okay? So there’s nothing wrong with, oh, you know, you’re promoting a movie and you guys are just having fun. That’s different,” she said.

The actress stressed that her responsibility as an actor ends after delivering a quality performance, while marketing and distribution should be handled by professionals in those areas.

“But when it becomes a chore, when it becomes, oh, this is what you have to do to even sell a movie, it’s not professional. I already did the project, You know, I should go around, you know, talk about the project, promote the project, and then let the people whose job are to distribute and do the advertising of the project to do that,” she said.

Her comments come days after renowned filmmaker Kunle Afolayan also stated that he would not dance to promote a movie. He also added that he has no interest in producing a film that makes ₦1 billion at the box office if he ends up earning only ₦10 million as the producer.

Watch the video below:

𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐈 𝐖𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐀 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐈𝐟 𝐈𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 — 𝐎𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐚

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