Veteran Nollywood figure, Bimbo Manuel has said that no Nigerian actor can afford the luxurious car on acting fees alone, stressing that actors colleagues living in mansions and driving Range Rovers are living fake lives.
He stated this while appearing as a guest on TVC’s morning show, ‘Your View’.
According to the actor of many movies and TV series credit including Checkmate, Tinsel, Shuga, Oleku, Jacob’s Cross, The Millions, Heaven’s Gate, the fees actors get fluctuate.
He stressed that he prefers living a humble life as opposed to an extravagant one, adding that living his lowkey lifestyle feels like wealth to him, as he’s able to go out and run errands.
“I like a humble and realistic life. If I wanted to go to the fish market as I usually do, I could, and I feel very rich and that’s enough for me,” Manuel said.
Speaking about actors’ fees and the range for the payment they receive, the veteran actor explained that the rates are not as fixed as people might think. “When it comes to the fees for actors, the experience you have counts.
“It suggests to the person who wants to employ you and it’s not as if there’s a fixed rate, it fluctuates. A friend can call you and ask you to help with the job so you won’t charge as much. The thing about people riding range rovers and living in mansions in Ikoyi and so on, I think it’s absolutely fake. There is no actor in Nigeria that would say he can buy or she can buy a Range Rover from acting fees alone,” he stated.
