…Changed My Career
•Star Actor, KUNLE REMI Opens Up
Star actor, Kunle Remi is currently rated one of the top 3 best actors in the movie industry. His two latest movies “Ijakumo” by the multiple award-winning actress, Toyin Abraham and “Anikulapo” by the multiple award winning filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan completely changed Kunle Remi’s acting career. Though, he has always been a fantastic actor, who knows his onions in the industry, these two movies shot Kunle’s career up.
Kunle is a popular actor, model, dancer and TV host. He was a youth drama leader in his Ibadan church and it was his exposure to acting that influenced his decision to become an actor. He was involved in acting while in the university. In 2009, he took part in several soap operas on televisions across the country.
Kunle has always had a strong passion for the big screen. He took part in the Gulder Ultimate Search Season 7 and he emerged the winner and that shot him to limelight. Ever since, he has been featuring in movies back-to-back.
He has featured in over 200 movies and still counting. Fans are crazy about this multi-talented star, not just because of his acting skills and creativity. but his good looks.
Though, he is fond of playing the role of play boy in movies, his two latest movies obviously took him to another level.
Many fans can’t help but go crazy for his role in Kunle Afolayan’s “Anikulapo”, which he nailed completely. He played the leading role “Saro” alongside the multi-talented actress, Bimbo Ademoye, who played the role of his wife Olori Arolake.
This very talented actor revealed that the biggest challenge he had while playing Saro was that he had to speak Yoruba all through.
According to him, it was an excellent experience.
“I had to speak Yoruba all through not just any type of Yoruba but the proper native one, which is the Oyo empire’s Yoruba. However, first thing first is that every character is challenging because it’s not me.
I am not playing myself, so I see every character as a challenge, it is just that the grade is different.
I think this role came at the right time and I absolutely gave everything to it…”
I am an actor, so I would do whatever it takes for me to become whoever I need to become because I am an actor and a very good one at that”.
He actually gave his very best and every scene he acted was perfect. Many fans also commended the strong connection he had with Bimbo Ademoye, which made everything very real and perfect.
Just few days ago, “Anikulapo” was declared Year 2022’s most watched movie on Netflix, and definitely one of the best movies of 2022.
Just when many were still talking about his role in “Anikulapo”, Toyin Abraham premiered, her latest movie “Ijakumo” on cinemas, with Kunle Remi as one of the leads as well where he played a Pastor.
According to him “growing up, I think I had wanted to be a Pastor, I admired Pastors, I think I have the calling, I have always been meaning to act the character.
“My role as a Pastor in Ijakumo is like a journey, like Saro in Anikulapo, I really enjoyed making Ijakumo with Toyin Abraham.”
He also nailed the role, and fans have been commending him for his talents and creativity in taking up, and interpreting unusual roles perfectly. He was taken out of his comfort zone (interpreting the role of a play boy or lover boy) in movies, to a more challenging roles up to the extent, that he had to speak typical Yoruba the dialect in Ibadan language fluently, and he was still able to do it perfectly.
This made his rating soar and he gained more prominence globally, with lots of A-list producers already waiting in line to feature him in movies.
Extracts from Nairaland
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