I Was A Scriptwriter Before Going Into Acting – Nkem Owoh Reveals 

Nollywood veteran actor Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia, has opened up about his journey into acting, revealing that he was previously behind the camera.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Selah Meditate podcast, the comic actor shared how his acting journey was purely "an accident."

According to Osuofia, he was primarily a scriptwriter, however, his comic nature made people convince him to move to the front of the camera.

Reminiscing on his journey so far, he noted that despite the fame that comes with acting— it limits one's freedom and places restrictions forever.

He said:
"My coming in front of the camera was an accident. I was a scriptwriter behind the scenes and people started telling me to start performing in front of the camera.

“I remember ATV created a 7-minute programme for me to do stand-up comedy in the 80s. They told me to come in front of the camera because I was making people laugh behind the camera. With much pressure, I came in front of the camera. And I saw that what I was doing people were buying it so that was how my acting career began.”

"Fame took away my freedom. A lot of people want to be celebrities, they only know the benefits but not the downsides. When you become famous you can’t do a lot of the things you were doing freely before. You become restricted in a lot of ways."