In the first movie that I did, they almost expelled me from school because I had a sex scene with jim iyke. So when the moviecame out, then I was young," Afegbai said.
The lady was furious at the whole thing, she then slowly moved towards the young man saying 'are you serious?', then she landed a heavy slap on his cheek and walked out on him.
"I have always been in the arts in school, church, you know. But then I went to do a Theater Art diploma when I was waiting for my JAMB to go do Law. Then I started doing stage acting.
But when I featured in my second movie, 'The Generals" starring the likes of Jim Iyke, Mike Ezuruonye, Uche Jombo among others, my story changed. "I was a successful businessman. I was driving Mercedes 190 back then in 2007.
"And then when it came down to the specifics, because you have to be very open with what am I going to shoot, how I show it right? "I couldn't be like, oh, there's a massacre.
She said, "A production manager I met in Owerri came to me and said: 'Babe, you are so good. I'll give you six good jobs that can blow you to stardom, but after the six jobs, all I need from you are six good rounds of s*x in return'.
Though many are of the opinion that Strika's acting was more impressive in the movie than others, but then, Attah snatched all the accolades and opportunities.. With the looks of things, Strika was then badly mismanaged.
What would you say are the difference between the movie industry when you joined 45 years ago and now? Lots of changes and differences have taken place. First and foremost, then it strictly staged plays we were doing and no piracy.
The talented movie star, who recently received the Best Actress in Comedy award at the 2023 AMVCA, also revealed that she has never slept with a producer for a movie role. "I came into the industry through Uduak Isong.
When you've grace, you have everything, and that's what has been working for me." She recalled that she struck up a movie project with an Indian lady (Amsha) when the popular movie streaming platform, Netflix, first came to Nigeria.
And then my page literally blew up and went on fire. "By the time I came back, I got thousands of messages on the post and then my DM was flooded with messages. Somebody actually sent me a DM and said that I'm sleeping with Bobrisky.
Where did you school? I studied Sociology at the University of Jos. Then I came to Lagos to chase my dreams. I am not really an office person. I don't think I can do a 9 - 5 job.
Would you say the movie industry is able to put food on your table? Sure, it does. But you don't have to put all your eggs in one basket. You also have to do other businesses. Apart from acting, what other things do you do?