{"id":274152,"date":"2011-01-15T03:08:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T03:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47788"},"modified":"2011-01-15T03:08:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T03:08:50","slug":"uche-ogbodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/15\/uche-ogbodo\/","title":{"rendered":"Uche Ogbodo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uche Ogbodo<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWho introduced you to the movie industry?My father. I have been doing drama since I was a kid. My father encouraged me. At the time, I had just come out of the secondary school; he came home one day and told me he had something I might be interested in. He told me he had a link to Nollywood. He told me he met someone who could introduce me to the industry. That was it. The next day my father got me registered in the guild and he paid my bills.
\nYour mother agreed to this as well?Oh yes! Everybody in the house supported me. They knew I could act and they knew that acting was a passion for me. They knew I could make it.
\nYou have been in the industry for four years; how has it been all these while?
\nIt hasn\u2019t really been easy. There has been stress here and there. Anyway, so far so good; I don\u2019t think I have any reason to complain.
\nDid your father\u2019s influence in the industry get you a lead role in your first movie?
\nNo. I wasn\u2019t really an instant hit. It was not as if I came on board and I played the lead role. I think I played one or two extras.
\nWhen did the big break come then?
\nIt came less than a year after. I did a movie, In Another Bondage and I starred alongside Saint Obi and Bob Manuel. Since then, I can say I have been moving on and on, as God would have it. I don\u2019t have to audition for movies again; I stopped that like three years ago and I don\u2019t play extras any longer.
\nIt was an audition that got me my first lead role. I always believe in hard work. I don\u2019t believe there is an easy way to anything. When you take an easy way to something, you will crumble. I believed I could work my way up there and show the world that I could do it.
\nWould you describe yourself as a \u2018sought after actresses\u2019\u2026I can say that. There is really no time that I don\u2019t have jobs.
\nLike how many movies have you done since you joined Nollywood?
\nI would say I have done about 20 movies, if not more.
\nSo, how much are you paid?
\nBut you know I won\u2019t tell you. All I can say is that I earn more than I earned three years ago. I am comfortable with what I get. I won\u2019t tell you I earn one million naira or something like that when I know it is not true. I would rather not disclose what I earn than lie.
\nEven with your regular appearances, you are still not rated in the A class. Do you feel bad about that?
\nI am not okay where I am. I could be a star but I know I am not a superstar yet. But I know that in the future, I am going to be a super, superstar. That is where I am going.
\nPeople that started with me four years ago are not where I am today. I am working hard. God has been faithful. I believe so much in Him and I know I am moving forward.
\nHow have you been able to cope with stardom?
\nI have been myself. I am not a fake person. I don\u2019t know how to do that. Being a star introduces you to so many things you were never used to do. You have to make people believe you can be an idol.
\nPeople do not understand why a star should walk on the streets. But I still walk on the streets. People harass me, people praise me and they shout my name. When I pass, kids follow me around. But I don\u2019t mind all these. I wave at them, I even stop and hug and kiss them.
\nThat is what I want. I don\u2019t want them to see me as somebody they can\u2019t come close to, no.
\nHow come you are not in school?
\nI took a break. I was studying Mass Communication. But I needed a break because of my job. But I think I am ready to go back now.
\nYou did a semi nude movie that attracted so much controversy\u2026
\nI won\u2019t really call it a nude movie.
\nSo how far did you go?
\nIt was not a nude movie. I have done a couple of movies that people said I bared some flesh. There was this movie that I was on my panties, but they were not really panties. Just go and see the movie before you judge me. People judged me so much, even my senior colleagues. They said so many things.
\nGiven the chance, will you do it again?
\nYes, I think I will do it again.
\nBut why did you play that role?
\nI want to be a professional. It is not because I want to show off my beautiful skin. It is because I want o do my job. I don\u2019t want to fail. I want to convince people that I can do my job no matter the challenge.
\nMaybe you went that far because you wanted popularity.
\nPopularity was not on my mind when I did that movie. What was on my mind was getting the best out of what I was doing. I wanted to be the best of all. I like being number one. I like being higher than whoever. I didn\u2019t do it because I wanted to gain fame.
\nHow did your father take it?
\nHe felt really bad.
\nOh! But he was the one that introduced you to the industry\u2026
\nI told him I was doing my job. Why did he introduce me into the industry? He didn\u2019t make me go there because he wanted to get me spoilt. But the industry is spoilt already. There are scandals everywhere. You cannot put an innocent girl in the industry and you expect the person to remain innocent.
\nMy father didn\u2019t want me to go and become spoilt. But he wanted me to achieve my aim in life. This is something I have been doing from my kindergarten years.
\nBut my father felt really bad. He didn\u2019t like the fact that I kiss so much in the movies. When I came home, he wanted to hit me, for real. But I told him I was doing my job. I told him I didn\u2019t mean to hurt him. I told him I thought the director would do something about the script but he (the director), wouldn\u2019t hear of it. Because he was trained in the US, he wanted a Hollywood kind of thing. There was no way I could escape from it.
\nSo you feel very comfortable kissing and doing love scenes in movies since they are all part of the job.
\nNo, I don\u2019t really feel comfortable doing that. I would prefer a movie where I won\u2019t have to kiss all through. It is not fun, not all the time. The person you are kissing may not be your type. You could be acting with somebody who has mouth odour. Normally, you wouldn\u2019t want to kiss that kind of a person. But because you are a professional, because you are doing what you ought to do, then you just have to close your eyes and do it.
\nPeople watching might think you are having fun, but they don\u2019t know it is horrible.
\nWhich guys would you rather kiss in movies?
\nThere is no particular person I would rather kiss. I don\u2019t have a preference. I am just doing my job. I am a versatile actress. I can kiss an extra that I am acting with.
\nDid your guy feel bad when he saw the \u2018nude\u2019 movie?
\nIt did not affect my relationship. My man is Westernised. He knows I am doing my job. He believes in me and he has so much faith in me.
\nMy man is very comfortable with what I do. And since I love him, there are things I cannot do. It is not as if it is so much fun kissing or touching these guys in movies. It is my body. But because of the kind of job you are into, you have to do it. You have to give in your best so that people can commend you. As such, my man is okay with my job.
\nLets\u2019 put a name to this your man.
\nHis name is Cross.
\nIs he a Nigerian?
\nHe is not really a Nigerian.
\nMeaning?
\nI don\u2019t think I would want to explain further please.
\nWe hear he is based in Holland.
\nWho told you that? I know I didn\u2019t tell you. Anyway, he is in Holland.
\nSince he is so far away, how do you manage?
\nI see him when I want to see him.
\nSo you can afford to fly out every weekend?
\nNo. It is not every weekend. I don\u2019t want to see him every weekend. If I wanted to, I could; but he is busy and I am busy.
\nHow often do you see him?
\nI can see him once in three months or two months.
\nDon\u2019t you feel lonely at times in the night?
\nHe is with me every minute of the day. We speak almost every second. Even if I am cold at night, I feel he is beside me.
\nHow do you cope with male admirers since your man is not in town?
\nThey are around. Some of them can be very upsetting. They believe they can buy you in order to have sex with them. You can admire me, but if you don\u2019t have the qualities I like in a man, what will I be doing with you? I am not a loose girl. I don\u2019t follow men up and down. Men don\u2019t trip me. Their money do not trip me. I believe in the inner qualities of a man.
\nSince your relationship is a long distant one, do you trust him?
\nI trust him because he tells me the truth.
\nAnd you believe he is telling you the truth?
\nI believe him. He knows that I love him.
\nSo, he is the only guy you sleep with?
\nI can stay the whole year without having sex. I am not a nymphomaniac. If I am badly in need of sex, I go to my man.
\nWhat is your aim in life?
\nI am aiming at Hollywood. I want to act alongside Angelina Jolie.
\nHow do you cope with scandals?
\nFortunately, scandals have not really been following me. You might not believe this, but I am not a bad person. I am very reserved. I don\u2019t like hanging out. If the press writes something bad about me, I don\u2019t think I will react to it. Such things don\u2019t bother me. I don\u2019t have time for that.
\nYou like tattoos.
\nYes.
\nYou have one in your arm. Do you have some in other places?
\nYes, I have another one in a tiny place, somewhere I am sure you would not want to know.
\nYou have moved to Lekki\u2026
\nFilmography: Orange groove 1&2 , Royal Palace 1,2 &3, Only Love 1&2 , Light Out 1&2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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