Seasoned actor Segun Arinze has explained reason why he took a break from acting.
In an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, Arinze spoke about how being stereotyped as a ‘bad boy’ made him bow out of acting.
Arinze discussed his success in the Nollywood film Silent Night (1996), which helped him become well-known for his depiction of Black Arrow.
But he also talked about how portraying him as a bad guy in movies broke his mental health and made him give up acting.
“There was a time I took a hiatus from acting when people were casting in that mold of bad boy, bad boy and it began to affect my psyche and all that,” Arinze said.
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He also spoke to Chude for the first about his divorce from the popular actress, Anne Njemanze.
“I stayed out of marriage after the first one collapsed. I stayed out for like 12 years before I remarried,” he said.