Fast rising actor, Damilola Ogunsi aka ‘Gold Fish’ has recounted how a movie director body shamed him because of his albinism.
He was told he wasn’t fit to become an actor.
In a recent interview with Hip TV, Gold fish narrated the encounter by revealing some of his major challenges in the movie industry.
According to him, the movie director whose name was withheld told him that the movie industry is not a place for albinos.
Ogunsi noted he has always been passionate and involved in theatre since he was in primary school, church, and higher institutions.
He added how its been six years since he resigned from his banking job and joined Nollywood because he has a zest for film.
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Speaking of the journey in Nollywood, he revealed it hasn’t been easy, notwithstanding he is consistently trying to step out of the stereotype of his complexion.
“When I was coming into Nollywood, I had a major director who I will not mention his name. He looked at me and said, ‘Why do you want to be an actor? How many albinos do you find as actors? It’s not a place for you to be.
“I have been doing theatre since primary school. I have been in the theatre group in my primary school, secondary school, my church, in my polytechnic in Ibadan, in University of Lagos, and everywhere.
“It has been six glorious years post-banking. And has it been easy? No. But what I try to do consistently, is to step out of the stereotype. I’m not trying to be known as the albino actor. I’m the actor who is an albino. That’s a different thing”.
He starred in the movie ‘Gang of Lagos’.