Chinwetalu Agu, a veteran Nollywood actor, has revealed why he rejected a mouthwatering N10 million offer for a movie role. According to the Gistlover website,
He said he rejected the offer to play a role in a movie by millionaire business entrepreneur Mike Adenuga.
According to Mr. Agu, when the millionaire, Mr. Adenuga, made the offer, he was broke and had not made up to N1 million, but he insisted on getting N20 million.
The veteran actor continued that, after threatening to walk away, Adenuga later compromised and gave him N20 million.
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He said, “Chief Mike Adenuga said, ‘what I have for you in this contract is N10 million.’ I had not seen N1 million before when he was pricing me N10 million, but I refused. I said, ‘If it’s not N20 million, forget about it.’
“He insisted, I insisted. So, I pretend to rise up and said, ‘give me money to go back to Enugu. If there’s any available flight, book it for me Let me just quietly go back.’
“They regarded me as now being serious when I rose up. Chief Mike Adenuga said, ‘sit down.’ He ordered them to bring documents for signing. They brought it, and I signed.
“From that moment, the Uhuru dance started. I did it diplomatically in the office. I didn’t want them to know that N20m was a big deal [to me]. But it was the most wonderful thing [to me] at the moment.”
Chinwetalu Agu, is 69 years and started acting in 1981 and he is still active in the Nigerian movie industry.
