From Blood Sisters to Elesin Oba: why movie producers keep killing my character – Deyemi Okanlawon

Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon has finally revealed why his character in movies usually ends up dying.

Over the course of his career, the talented actor has starred in block buster movies where his character is met with an untimely death.

From Blood Sisters to Elesin Oba and more; Deyemi is often given the death script.

Fans of the actor, are beginning to sense it’s a type of typecasting, as the constant death occurrence is already becoming a norm.

On his Twitter page, Deyemi opened up on the reasons why it seems he keeps getting chosen to play such roles.

According to him, his budget could be the reason as he has a high bill.

Deyemi made this known in response to a tweep. He added that if he bills the tweep his daily rate, he could end up killing him in real life.

The fan, identified as San tweeted:

“Why is @__deyemi dying in every banger film this”

Responding, Deyemi tweeted:

“Bruh e fit be say na budget cause am o! If I bill you my daily rate you fit wan kee me for real life!”.

Deyemi Okanlawon had detailed how his role in Nigeria’s Netflix original series, Blood Sisters, affected him mentally.

In the series, Deyemi acted as Kola Ademola, an abusive partner who brutalised his victims as a pastime.

On his Twitter page, the actor noted that perfecting his role in the movie was a mentally draining process.

He earlier tweeted:

”Kola Ademola definitely affected me more than I care to admit and it took months to get to a semblance of normalcy. Strangely while I still firmly believe aggression should be met with justice, I now empathise with people who carry such demons.”