- A viewer had faulted the producers of “Anikulapo” for casting a white man(Damilola Ogunsi) as an angel in the movie.
- Damilola Ogunsi reacted, stating that it feels good for him not to be recognised in the movie
Nollywood actor Damilola Ogunsi has found himself in a rather awkward situation recently, when a viewer of his latest movie ‘Anikulapo‘, mistook him for a white man.
A critic of “Anikulapo, Rise of the Spectre“, had mistakenly accused the director of casting “a white” as an angel in the television series.
Sharing a clip from a scene in the series where Saro ( Kunle Remi) meets an angel (Damilola Ogunsi) at the gates of heaven, the viewer with the X handle Ohjay1 wrote:
“This thing has to stop, why use white as angel inside black movie #Anikulapo.”
In reaction, Damilola Ogunsi clarified that he is a Nigerian actor, noting that it feels good for him not to be recognised.
He asserted that he is “darker” than everyone present in the movie.
Ogunsi reposted the viewer’s tweet and wrote:
“Feels good not to be recognized.
I’m sure I’m ‘blacker’ than anyone in that scene.”
Following the release of the second season of “Anikulapo”, Kunle Remi’s character, Saro’s intimate scene sparks reactions.
Directed by filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, the six-episode series was released on Netflix on March 1 with Kunle Remi reprising his role as the famous Saro whose love for women continues in the series.
However, in the first episode of the Anikulapo series, it is revealed that Saro did not only return from the dead but his character was sent on a mission to kill the twenty persons he resurrected to life using the magical powder obtained from the mystic bird.
But what seems to be the discussion on social media is his sex scene and romance with a new character, Olatorera played by Oyindamola Sanni.
In one of the scenes, set along a bush path, Saro is seen making sexual advances to Olatorera who eventually gives in.
Although the scene is short-lived, Saro gives Olatorera a cunnilingus, sparking debate about his love for women as many insist that Saro has not learnt his lessons, especially after the events that led to his death in Anikulapo.