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Legendary Ghanaian actress, musician, and author Maame Dokono has narrated how she rejected a movie role because of colleague actor LilWin.
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The actress, born Grace Omaboe, on the Accra-based radio station Asaase Breakfast Show on Wednesday (7 August), said she turned down the role because they wanted to pair her with a young actor who will play the role as an elderly husband.
She said, “I remember one time they asked me to come and do a Kumawood movie, and somebody was supposed to play my husband. I said, ‘Ah, how can a small boy like this play my husband?“
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She continued, “You know, maybe I should mention the name, LilWin. Yes, playing my husband. No, it can’t happen. I will not play [that role] because what at all is he going to tell me? So I didn’t play [the role], and they got angry with me.”
The former politician also raised concerns about the kind of actors and actresses they cast in modern films. She added that she does not understand why younger actors are given roles meant for older characters when there are experienced actors available.
“But during our time, we were not many, just a few of us. When a father should play a father role, he’s an old man, an elderly man; he’s not made up with moustache and all that, powder and all that,” she said.
Maame Dokono, who has been in the movie industry for six decades, owns the former Peace and Love Orphanage, now Graceful Grace School in Accra.
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Source: SIRKENN.com
