Veteran actor Ejike Asiegbu
has finally staged a comeback to action, starring in a big-budget movie titled,
“End Game”.
The one time president of
the Actors Guild of Nigeria is joining the likes of Desmond Elliot and Ini Edo on set. Popularly
called ‘The Godfather’, Asiegbu was
busy, during his long absence, with the Actors Guild of Nigeria ,AGN politics,
a body he headed as its president in an era which saw the then moribund body
come to life.
He was also appointed
Special Assistant to the Abia State Governor on Entertainment. Thereafter, he
became an Ambassador to an NGO advocating the rights and welfare of premature
babies.
The bulky actor has been
travelling across Africa and Europe as an ambassador of the NGO. “I have been
busy all these years. I missed my primary constituency-Nollywood. I missed
everything about the industry; that’s why I have decided to stage a comeback
because the pressure has been on me from family members, friends and fans
across Nigeria, Africa and the world at large.
No matter how hard I try to
make them understand that I have been busy with so many other things, they
don’t understand and the expression on their faces is that of betrayal,
suggesting that I have robbed them of some inner joy, joy and happiness they
often experience, perhaps when they see me in a movie.
It makes me feel sad but
what can I do? I just had to carry on with the most important things at that
point.”
The actor whose acting career dates back to
his starring in the television adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s tragic novel, ”Things
Fall Apart”, said he reflected on the decision to stage a comeback to what he
knows how to do best.
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