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Celebrated actress, Pascaline Edwards, is cautioning the new crop of actors to invest in improving their talents rather than their looks since the latter has little to no impact on the success of one\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
According to the mother of one, who shot to fame with a lead role in a\u00a0Stab in the Dark\u00a0in the 90s, it was quite worrying that the new crop of actors are spending so much on their physical appearance than their creative skills.<\/p>\n
Speaking with\u00a0Graphic \u00a0at her La residence in Accra recently, Pascaline Edwards said even though she had good looks, her talent was the driving force for her career back then.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, if people assume that my good looks back then contributed to me getting many lead roles, then how come I\u2019m still getting roles to play even after three decades.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cJust last year and at beginning of this year, I\u2019ve been busy on the sets of\u00a0Inside Out,\u00a0Case Study\u00a0and\u00a0Or On Nothing\u00a0series not because of my looks but how well I interpret my roles. If it were just good looks and with old age gradually catching up on me, do you think I would still be called for roles?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAnd this is where I have a problem with all these actresses going under the knife for banging bodies. What is the essence of all that? This is not only happening in Ghana but all over the world and I don\u2019t know why the subject hasn\u2019t generated meaningful conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhy would you subject yourself to serious health complications in future by undergoing surgery just to get roles in movies? No, which producer will even call you for a role you can\u2019t interpret just because you have enticing hips, buttocks or have good looks?\u201d<\/em> she asked.<\/p>\n Pascaline Edwards has seen it all in the Ghanaian movie industry, playing lead roles for almost three decades.<\/p>\n However, the\u00a0Leopard’s Choice\u00a0actress claims she doesn\u2019t qualify to be called a celebrity since her current living conditions were far below that of a celebrity. She mentioned singer Stephanie Benson and Kojo Antwi as the only Ghanaian showbiz personalities who qualify as celebrities in its right term.<\/p>\n \u201cWe misuse the word celebrity in Ghana but truthfully, are we living the lifestyles of celebrities? In my case for instance, I don\u2019t even own a luxury car or live in a mansion but these foreign celebrities even own islands.<\/p>\n \u201cPerhaps, the best description will be star figures and not a celebrity since I think we are misusing the word and belittling the status. I don\u2019t want anyone to put me in a standing higher than me since I\u2019m gradually working my way up to the celebrity status.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Ghana, I can only mention Stephanie Benson, Kojo Antwi and Daddy Lumba as celebrities since they have seen and achieved it all with their respective careers. How many awards do I even have?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Pascaline Edwards is best known for her roles in the movies\u00a0A Stab in the Dark,\u00a0Forbidden Fruit,\u00a0The Mask,\u00a0House Arrest,\u00a0My Father\u2019s Wife,\u00a0Messages,\u00a0Deadline for Asante,\u00a0Without Her Consent,\u00a0Jewels\u00a0among others.<\/p>\n She told\u00a0Graphic \u00a0the storylines for the movies at the time were both entertaining and educative but same couldn\u2019t be said of some of the latest Ghanaian movies.<\/p>\n According to her, the elements of education and information were absent in the current movies and they are just serving the audience with entertainment.<\/p>\n \u201cWe used to have good storylines which were really educative and informative but now, it appears most of the movies are just \u2018concerts\u2019. We have thrown all our storylines away and not serving humanity with our creative talent as we were taught back in the day. I think it is about time we went back to the drawing board,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah\/ <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured Video\n<\/p>\n\n
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