Renowned Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, opens up about contemplating leaving the Nigerian film industry due to encounters with sexual harassment.
In a recent interview on the talk show ‘Your View’ hosted by Morayo Afolabi-Brown on TVC, Aigbe shared an incident where a producer made inappropriate advances following a movie audition, despite her having secured a role in an upcoming film.
Emphasizing her vulnerability at the time, Aigbe highlighted quitting a well-paying job for the movie role, only to face unexpected sexual harassment in her initial foray into acting as a single mother.
“I met a producer in Surulere, and I expressed to him how much I would love to act. He told me he had an upcoming film and invited me to his office for an audition in his office.
”After I had passed three stages of the audition, I was given a minor role, which I told him that was not the character I was auditioning for, and he replied that the director said he did not know me, and that was why he wanted me to be close to him,” she said.
Mercy added, “He then stood up to touch me. I was very upset and I thought if that was what it took to be an actress, I don’t want to be an actress anymore. I tore the script and left; I cried on my way going home because I left a well paying job to join Nollywood, and I was already a single mother at the time.”
Sources: Infotrend.com.ng
