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Blood Sisters: How my role affected me mentally – Deyemi Okanlawon reveals; sympathizes with abusers

Ifeoluwa by Ifeoluwa
May 8, 2022
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Blood Sisters: How my role affected me mentally – Deyemi Okanlawon reveals; sympathizes with abusers

Popular Nigerian actor, Deyemi Okanlawon, has detailed how his role in Nigeria’s Netflix original series, Blood Sisters, affected him mentally.

In the series, which was released on Thursday, Deyemi acted as Kola Ademola, an abusive partner who brutalised his victims as a pastime.On his Twitter page on Sunday May 8, the actor noted that perfecting his role in the movie was a mentally draining process. He tweeted:

“Kola Ademola definitely affected me more than I care to admit and it took months to get to a semblance of normalcy. Strangely while I still firmly believe aggression should be met with justice, I now empathise with people who carry such demons.”

Shedding more light on the post, Deyemi Okanlawon added:

“As Deyemi Okanlawon I pray to continue to defend victims of discrimination and violence with my life.

However, as an ACTOR, my craft dictates in order to give the best performance I cannot judge a character’s life/actions but must become the character.

In order to embody a character, I have to temporarily suspend my personal beliefs to truly understand who they are and why they do what they do.

This is a very mentally draining process and oftentimes after such experiences I would need help and time to rediscover my true North.

Being raised from childhood not to ever hit a woman it was pure torture to now have to push past that to get to the point where the rage and emotions (which my scene partner also needed for her performance) were real yet have the willpower to ensure there was no physical contact.

Having walked through such a depraved mind as Kola’s, I am now convinced that people who physically abuse others are mentally damaged and possessed by their personal demons likely born out of childhood trauma/poor parenting/societal or other factors.”

Nollywood heavyweights such as Kate Henshaw, Ramsey Noah, Gabriel Afolayan, Nancy Isime, and others appeared in the suspenseful thriller.

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Recall Nollywood ‘Lover Boy’, Ramsey Nouah revealed that in all his 31 years as an actor, he has never taken up a character as the one in Blood Sisters.

Nouah spoken about his role in the Nigerian Netflix series Blood Sisters, noting that he said very little but did a lot.

The movie star said this during a recent interview where he talking about playing the character Uncle B in the movie.

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