Reality TV star and chef, Uriel Oputa, has claimed that she has acting talent greater than that of several contemporary Nollywood stars.
She made this bold statement during an interview on Cool FM, where she revealed that she has been approached by movie producers to appear in films.
Uriel said she studied drama in the United Kingdom, and she knows that she is a good actor, but she rejects movie roles.
In her words,
“A lot of people have approached me to be in movies. I get asked to be in movies all the time; in my DM, email, I get approached to be an actress.
And I know that I’m a very good actress. I am probably better than some of the actresses in Nollywood right now. And that’s me being real. Apart from having a natural artiste instinct, I studied drama in the UK. So, I know that I’m quite a good actor.
I’ve been approached by a lot of people to get into acting but I’ve always turned them down. The reason I turned down gigs for acting in Nigeria is because, one, you’re always going to be stereotyped into a role; two, some of the scripts are a bit too predictable; and three, they [filmmakers] don’t pay well.”
