{"id":30246,"date":"2024-05-06T13:58:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=30246"},"modified":"2024-05-06T13:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:58:32","slug":"nollywood-actors-social-media-influence-over-talent-says-uzor-arukwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/06\/nollywood-actors-social-media-influence-over-talent-says-uzor-arukwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nollywood Actors&#8217; Social Media Influence Over Talent, Says Uzor Arukwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-nhouu-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-nhouu-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-9\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"py-2 px-3 text-base md:px-4 m-auto md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 gap-3 text-base juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto gap-3\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b7d9400d-c62f-4620-a6a0-beb818aa15d0\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><em><strong>By Cynthia Abah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Renowned Nollywood actor Uzor Arukwe has shed light on a prevalent trend within the Nigerian movie industry, revealing that social media following often outweighs talent when it comes to casting decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Arukwe disclosed that there was a time when filmmakers prioritized actors with substantial social media followings, rather than assessing their acting abilities. This practice posed a significant challenge for him during his early days as an aspiring actor.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his experiences, the &#8216;A Tribe Called Judah&#8217; star expressed frustration at the emphasis placed on Instagram and Twitter metrics by some producers. Despite acknowledging the success of actors who possess both talent and a large online following, Arukwe stressed the importance of prioritizing acting skills over social media popularity when selecting actors for roles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah Renowned Nollywood actor Uzor Arukwe has shed light on a prevalent trend within the Nigerian movie industry, revealing that social media following often outweighs talent when it comes to casting decisions. Arukwe disclosed that there was a time when filmmakers prioritized actors with substantial social media followings, rather than assessing their acting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":30247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30248,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30246\/revisions\/30248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}