QUOTE .
I remember on the third day of
recording, one night while shooting at a clinic in Victoria Garden City
Extension, I came out for a bit of fresh air while the technical people
were setting up for the next scene. I saw Genevieve in a dark corner of
the building, smoking a cigarette. ‘Whoops!
You caught me’, she said,
laughing. ‘You smoke?’ I asked, a bit surprised. ‘Now and then. It
relaxes me ’ she said. ‘Do you smoke?’ ‘Never have. Never will. But I
don’t have any problems with people who smoke though.
But health wise, I hope you stop
soon.’ I replied. ‘I am trying to. Sit with me a bit, lets talk about
this scene ’ I sat with her and I explained some few things to her about
the scene. We also talked about a bit of her stardom and how she was
coping with it.
She
was in a chatty mood and it was a revealing conversation. That evening,
I saw a vulnerability in her, I had never seen before. This young lady,
by a dint of her talent, hard work or fortune, had super stardom thrust
upon her and seemed to have no private life anymore.
She had become one of the most
recognizable faces in the continent and whilst enjoying the adulation,
she was also coming to terms with the scrutiny of her Privacy, which was
not too palatable to her.
I admired her courage and
somehow felt that she would go places beyond Nollywood. I remember I
told her so. Genevieve was quite particular about make-up. She would
spend many minutes, ensuring that her face was well-powdered.
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