why do we always wanna be like americans

Where is Kanayo O.Kanayo,Clem Ohameze,Tony Umeh,Charles Okafor,Or abi una no like BLOOD MONEY? Or doesn't Hollywood produce Ritual firlms too

The only 2 actors that can make it from the Nigerian homevideo industry to Hollywood are aki & pawpaw. That is if they can go there and play roles only as children and also declare football age of 9 years.

denex:

The only 2 actors that can make it from the Nigerian homevideo industry to Hollywood are aki & pawpaw. That is if they can go there and play roles only as children and also declare football age of 9 years.

what a joke

Lol denex, for real?

@queen2 & candylips

I kid you gals not!

have you all forgot ,

EMEKA IKE

CHIOMA CHIKUKWA
JIM IYKE
PAT ATTAH
OGE OKOYE
BOB MANUEL

moondust, how would u say none of them qualifies, is it not script they'll give them?you guys are even over rating this nollywood.we have actors that can fit into nollywood and they include OMOTOLA(because she is my no one female actress), STELLA DAMASUS(stop calling her Damascus), GENEVIEVE, BIMBO AKINTOLA, OLU JACOB, JIM IYKE(even the name sounds hollywood), KATE HENSHAW, and lots of them. Let us elevate our people, they can represent us anywhere

I laugh that somebody mentioned that Ini Edo should be in the list of Naija actors who can make it in Hollywood. I can't even stop laughing at the whole idea. First of all, Hollywood has a certain look (so to speak) which few Nigerian actors/actresses can pull. Hollywood is not for low standard performance.

- Genny is pretty. But for Hollywood? Nollywood has done her justice.

- Ini Edo? Did somebody say Ini Edo? Don't make me laugh. This girl is too local, no class at all and lacks maturity. She is babish.

- Ramsey can fit in perfectly.

- Pat Attah (and Ramsey) are perhaps the only Nigerian actors that can freely mingle with Hollywood actors in my opinion. Pat Attah has class and attitude. He is also very good-looking.

- Dakore is Hollywood material, no doubt. She can act well, she is sexy and has class. She does not look like a market woman like Ini.

- Bob Manuel and Bimbo Akintola have standard accents. Not pidgin-laden like the rest of them. But for Hollywood? Really? No! No offence.

- Omotola is a queen, but I don't know about Hollywood. Nollywood has done her a lot of justice.

Ramsey can fit in perfectly where? Make e go siddon. Joke Sylva and Taiwo Ajai Lycett. Olu Jacobs is overrated. Omotola is pretty but Kate Henshaw is a better actress.

Good Girl:

- Bob Manuel and Bimbo Akintola have good accents. Not pidgin-laden like the rest of them. But for Hollywood? Really? No! No offence.

Wetin do Nigerian accent o? You think you need one in Hollywood,maybe? That's a thought. No wonder Scorcese and Spielberg and Fincher are running after Hanks Anuku and Jim Lyke to star in their movies.They gotta have them some fake Nimericans. No wonder Schwazennegger,Agbaje,Cruz and Hayek couldn't make it in Hollywood, with their atrocious local accents.

American filmmakers wouldn't be using other Americans to portray Africans,like Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda, if there was a talented local pool they could draw from. Nollywood actors belong in Nollywood ah beg. That's why they're still in Nollywood. Most of them cant act to save their lives.

Bottom line is that most of the actors/actresses in Nollywood are just not good enough.

I have seen so many nigerian actors and actress performance in the nollywood production and i love it. So you forks should give them your support and will your supprt they can make it to there. my name is emmanuel or [dj kuwazy]. Send me your reply at eukuwazy@gmail.com, dj.kuwazy@yahoo.com, dj.kuwazy@live.com. THANKS

abeg q2 where u place my Ini Edo & Omosexy
what about Justin Isiri


D PERSON WEY FOR FIT HOLLYWOOD NA MR. IBU (JOHN OKAFOR)

and dis other guy GENTLE JACK
How far for d two actors I have selected

Am i dreaming? i can't believe there are Nigerians that will watch Hollywood movies, watch Nollywood movies, then begin to imagine that anybody in Nollywood, with the fake accents, bad acting, unconvincing portrayals can bag them spots in Hollywood movies.

Did you people ever wonder why Bollywood actors were used in films like Slum dog millionaire, Bride and prejudice, Mistress of the spices, etc. Chinese actors are used in American kung fu movies, South Africans used in movies based on South Africa, Rwandans used in Hotel Rwanda (and a slew of South African TV stars) but they never use nollywood actors when it comes to stories that remotely concern Nigeria?

The answer is they don't respect nollywood actors because nollywood cannot be compared with other movie industries of the world (India, America, China/Hong Kong. France, Germany, Australia, Egypt, South africa, etc.

When many Nigerians brag that we are 3rd or 2nd largest in the world, it is only in terms of the number of films we produce, not the size or power. So let's groom our people and start litle befroe we get carried away and start talking nonsense. Can you ever imagine a scene in any movie with Denzel Washington and RMD, i know you can't.

helooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,

where is omotola and stella's name, they should be on that list.

I wonder if u all seen south african movies compared to Nollywood?
SA has international award winning movies and one of them won an oscar in 2006 called Tsotsi. There actors earn more than 100 Nollywood movies.

The director of that movie is british so it is not entirely south african

I have a problem with people talking random crap. The director of the Movie is Gavin Hood. He is born and bred in SA (Johannesburg) and was educated at St. Stithians College (where he was elected Head Prefect in 1980) and the University of the Witwatersrand. He first came to the South African public's attention when he starred in the SABC TV production The Game, a drama series focusing on the game of rugby union. Hood got his start at directing when he was commissioned to make several short educational dramas for the South African Department of Health. He directed his first commercial short film, The Storekeeper, in 1998. He is the director of the 20th Century Fox film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released May 1, 2009. There is nothing british in him, go look up further information on him and stop claiming he is british.

you don't have to be abusive. Make your point and shut the f*ck up

my point is the movie Tsotsi is entirely SA, nothing british was in it

Noted but dont result to abuse when you try to make a point

I wasnt abusing I was jus emphasizing a particular point.

90% of them can't make it to Hollywood. It's either they lack the skills or the looks.

Genevieve can fit into Hollywood because she is slim and talented. Omotola can too because she is talented but she'll have to drop some pounds.

Ini Edo: she is stereotyped. Her lips licking and eye rolling. She is always the same in every character she plays and sorry she hasn't got the looks.

Dakore: she can make it, but I have problems with her facial expressions. Not too convincing.

Those naming veterans like the Jacops, they are old. Let the young one try.

By the way, Charlize Theron is the first African to win an Oscar, try to compare her with the actors you mentioned.

yoruba:

By the way, Charlize Theron is the first African to win an Oscar, try to compare her with the actors you mentioned.

They don't regard Theron as an African. She is a white woman by all standards!

They do, she is an Afrikaaner(Afrikaaners dont associate themselves as europeans but rather as an african tribe hence the name Afrikaans)

yoruba:

They do, she is an Afrikaaner(Afrikaaners dont associate themselves as europeans but rather as an african tribe hence the name Afrikaans)

I mean Africans don't consider her to be one of them. She is a white woman and remain so!

Charlize Theron is born and bred in South Africa(she is now return to act in local soapie Isidingo), so shall I say it again, try to compare her with your mentioned actors.

michelin89:

I mean Africans don't consider her to be one of them. She is a white woman and remain so!

I suggest that you should stop being racist and understand that africa has alot of races. That fact anything that is non-black seems to be non-african to your opinion is just riduclous.

yoruba:

I suggest that you should stop being racist and understand that africa has alot of races. That fact anything that is non-black seems to be non-african to your opinion is just riduclous.

I'll give you a link so you can see for yourself. Racist ko, tribalist ni.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-280769.32.html

Read attentively!

So whats your point?
She is currently in SA(acting in Isidingo as mentioned), she has citizenship in SA, her parents and great grand parents were born in SA, she has roots in SA, her culture is SA(afrikaaner which literally means african tribe) what more do want?
You can go ask her herself whether she is african or perhaps ask a white South African whether he/she is african?