Renowned filmmaker Femi Adebayo has unveiled the extensive measures he took to bring the popular indigenous movie ‘JagunJagun’ to life.
During an interview with the press, the actor divulged that he opted to sell his personal assets to finance the movie, as he was determined not to solicit assistance from financial organizations or individuals.
Adebayo emphasized that ‘Jagun Jagun’ stands as a project of significant financial magnitude, although he refrained from revealing the precise expenditure he invested in bringing the project to fruition.
“Jagun Jagun is a multi-billion naira project and I can’t say the exact amount I spent on it on shooting.
“I used the proceeds of Ageshinkole to produce Jagun Jagun. I was working on not getting funded by finance houses and individuals. At a point, I was out of finance and because I had faith that the project would work, I sold my properties.”
He said his worst nightmare is to surpass the success of JagunJagun in his next project. He also spoke about how he built the warrior school from scratch.
“We built from scratch the warrior school. We were forced with the challenge of purchasing that land, we wanted to own the land. And at a point, we had an agreement and paid for it, but the children of the owner of the land changed their minds about the land sale.
“We built the school halfway when the children who came from Lagos told us to stop. They were ready to destroy all that we built and that held us up for almost a week, going to the Police station and Obas appealing to them and we were told to only shoot there and not buy it,” he said.
