By David Kabiyesi
Popular actor and filmmaker, Lateef Adedimeji says paramount before him while growing up was to become a well-breed lawyer until he found himself in the movie industry.
According to him, his love for the profession waned after he started doing silly things that made people laughed
“I always wanted to be a lawyer but I did a lot of silly things and people laughed. So, it was when I joined a non-governmental organisation that I found out that acting is my line.
He confessed that his roles in JagunJagun stretched him beyond limits after picking injury on set.
“The role I played in JagunJagun is one that stretched me beyond my comfort zone and I can’t but thank my big brother, Femi Adebayo, for seeing me as that personality that can do justice to that character, knowing full well it’s not my kind of role. I thank God I was able to go an extra length to put life into that character. Like I always say, I am not a stereotyped actor and that’s the reason you can see me switch roles at any given time. My role was a big deal in that movie and I gave my all. When I was watching it during the screening, I couldn’t believe it was me doing that. In one word, my role was demanding and fantastic” he said
A graduate of Mass Communication from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye said he would reject a script that fails to convey the right message to viewers,
“Yes, recently I turned down a lot of scripts because I felt like they do not convey a good or genuine message. I’ve realised we don’t act in movies for the sake of it. We need to be deliberate and intentional about the message we want to get across to people. Everybody wants to be an actor or a star, but the profession is beyond you just going to be there. You have to merge the talent with the right things so that you can have it well-nurtured and well-tuned. he concluded
