Iretiola Doyle on how she got her first lead role

Nollywood actress and movie producer, Iretiola Doyle recalls how she got her breakthrough in the Nollywood movie industry. She attributes it all to grace as she got a chance to play the lead role after the original actor refused to turn up for the role.

She wrote;

“I had been referred to this producer by a senior colleague. I read for a minor part and got the role.
A few days prior to shoot, I was called in for a table read. For whatever reason (you call it luck, I call it grace) the girl who had been cast in the lead did not turn up and I was asked to stand in for her. Half way through the the read, the producer looked up and said ” o boy, e like say na dis girl go play this character o!”.
And that; is how I got cast in my first lead role in a Nollywood film. Name of movie: “Dilemma” Produced & Directed by Theophilus Akatugba that year.
Moral of the story: “Opportunity” can present itself at anytime; question is ….are you ready?“