Months ago, actress cum business woman, Susan Peters got married to the love of her life. She even stepped out with a baby bump for the AMVCA last month. Now see excerpts from her latest interview with Encomium magazine below:
How does it feel getting married?
It is sweet and it is also sour. You tend not to do all the things
you used to do because you are not single any more. It is like a check
button, it is a bit different from being single.
What are those things you can no longer do?
Just normal things single ladies do. You cannot do them anymore because people will talk. So, you have to be cautious.
What has marriage changed about you?
I am just adding weight. I don’t even understand.
Are you already on a nine month course?
Why are you asking. What is your own? You will see it when it becomes bigger, so wait.
As an actress, what do you think should change about Nollywood?
Honestly, I will give Nollywood credit. Even before I joined
Nollywood, we were looking up to actors that started it. As the days
went by, we kept growing and now, we are no longer in it for the money
but for recognition. You feel delighted when they say your movie is
nominated and you actually win an award.
Even if you don’t win, the fact that you were nominated is a win for
you. My movie was nominated at the AMVCA as Best Movie actress, we
didn’t win but it was all good. If we had won, we would jump for joy.
So, I give Nollywood credit. There are still some lapses.
We need not cut corners so we can achieve our goals. If you have a
low budget for your movie, it is better not to shoot such movie than
talking on set and putting them into slavery. Get your budget, then you
will get paid. Even in the Bible, a labourer should also get paid.
Will you say some producers are owing you?
Bo, they are not owing me. I have heard a lot of stories about other
people who went in set and were not paid. It is totally bad. Those are
the things we should check.
Will your new status influence the kind of roles you play?
No, not really. I am an actor. My husband met me in the job. He
should support the job. It doesn’t change me from doing what I used to
do. The only thing is, there are some other things I would not do. I
will not act as a single lady. That is it. Every other thing maintains
the status quo.
Will you take romantic roles or act nude?
I have never acted nude. That has been a no, no for me even before
getting married. I don’t support it. I have never acted nude and will
not act nude. Of course, you could take off some clothes but not totally
nude. In our culture, we don’t allow that. If I try it, my mother in
the village will say the village people have followed me to town.
It seems you add humour to your roles?
That means you don’t know who Susan Peters really is. I have got some
sense of humour, you don’t know that. I am a happy person. I am a
people’s person. I add humour to what I do.
What are you working on now?
I am doing a job with Rock Studio. Another one with Emem Isong as well.
What is your view about piracy?
That thing is a disease. They have to be looking for the cure every
second but, it can’t be cured, that is the truth. Even Hollywood is
affected by piracy but our own, I don’t know, they just don’t want us to
make money.
What do you think can be done to reduce it?
I think a whole lot. Most people take their movies to the cinema. It
is a way of preventing pirates from getting the movie on time. When it
gets to cinema and it also goes online. It will take a while before it
will be out there.
You must have made some money from it. As times goes on, they will
find a remedy to it. It is just like stealing. It will take the grace of
God for that person to stop. Except the person is caught and punished.
Maybe sent to prison, such cannot stop stealing.
Piracy is affecting us, it is making the movie slow, you have to
produce gradually. I am selling my own production, we do sell in bits.
What does 2016 hold for you?
It started slowly. Buhari’s economic policy is affecting everybody.
We hope that the change has come to stay. We are in the third month of
the year, we still have a long way to go. As time goes on, we hope
things will turn around for good.
What do you want the government to do really?
They should hasten up with the promises they made to the people. It
is as if the country is not moving. I know they are doing their best,
but the masses are getting it really hot.
