Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has caused a stir online with a trending video from the set of her movie shoot.
According to reports online, the box office Queen had risked her multimillion naira mansion to film her latest Cinema movie, Everybody Loves Jenifa. In the viral clip, the mansion was captured on fire, and the cast and crew rushed to quench the fire with water. Meanwhile, Funke was sitting unbothered.
See reactions below,
One Soulful Sensation wrote, “This is why it’s important to have a studio.
One Juddy King28 wrote, “The passion
One Eddy001 wrote, “It’s perfection or nothing
One Bee Virtuous wrote, “And someone somewhere would want to compare themselves to her? I’m baffled
One Sybarite Chef wrote, “This is beyond dangerous. That’s why special effects were created
One Slam Hit Factory wrote, “See backward mentality
One Official Temitope Pheabian wrote, “Omo, this one shocked me o
One Deeva Secrets wrote, “Aunty Funke, page setter
One Naems Collection wrote, “Ha! There are levels
One Iwuala Onyinye Addy wrote, “And you are angry she’s the queen
One Tezim Perfect wrote, “Smh, something wey even Hollywood no dey do
One Adore By Ayesha wrote, “It’s her calmness for me
One Akuko Igbo wrote, “It’s her calmness for me! What if the fire hadn’t been contained?
One Adorable Bee wrote, “Asabawood avoid this by all means. Do not try it, I repeat, do not try it”.
This wouldn’t be surprising as Funke Akindele spared no cost in Everybody Loves Jenifa movie. Funke had empowered 175 crew members. She made this known while celebrating them for working tirelessly for nine weeks to bring her upcoming movie to life. She stated the movie was a self-funded project, and was honored to have empowered a team of talented individuals, with 95% of them being young people, to showcase their skills.
She had also partnered with Lagos State Fire Service for her film. This was made known by the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Lagos State Governor, Jubril Giwa, on his X page.
Funke is currently the Queen of Box Office after she made history in January as the first Nigerian filmmaker to gross over a billion at cinemas, with her 2023 movie, A Tr!be Called Judah, which grossed over N1.4 billion. It was no surprise to many as Funke is one of the most hardworking women in Nollywood. Her movies in the past three years, A Tr!be Called Judah, Battle On Buka Street, and Omo Ghetto The Saga, are the highest-grossing Nollywood films ever.
