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Pete Edochie reveals he started acting before Nollywood

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Pete Edochie reveals he started acting before Nollywood
Pete Edochie reveals he started acting before Nollywood
Pete Edochie

Pete Edochie reveals he started acting before Nollywood

 

Veteran actor Pete Edochie has revealed his acting career began long before the redefining and branding of Nollywood.

The legendary thespian said when he made his movie debut in the 1985 adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s novel, ‘Things Fall Apart,’ there was nothing like Nollywood.

Edochie stated this in a recent interview with Afia TV.

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He said: “I’m senior in the movie industry. I mean, when I did ‘Things Fall Apart’ in 1985, there was nothing like Nollywood. By then, Nollywood was slumbering sonourously in the womb of time.

“It was seven years after that Nollywood came on board with ‘Living In Bondage.’ I went round the world before Nollywood came. By the special grace of God, after I did ‘Things Fall Apart,’ I was celebrated internationally.

“The BCC flew in here to interview me and then flew into America to interview Chinua Achebe. And Achebe said, ‘Pete Edochie gave that role an interpretation after my heart.’ Before he died, he was calling me Okonkwo.

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“Seven years after Nollywood came and when I retired from broadcasting, I joined Nollywood.”

 

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