A Nigerian actor has opened up about why the actresses don't ever come into his room while he is on set shooting movies.
Antar Laniyan
Antar Laniyan is a terrifric actor who is deeply passionate about his art.
According to Saturday Beats, anyone who has had the opportunity of
watching the ace actor, Antar Laniyan, work behind the scene would know
that he can be likened to a soldier whenever he is working.
In fact, it is a general knowledge among actors that he is not one
to mess with while shooting. In an exclusive chat with Saturday Beats,
the actor stated that his sternness on movie location is for a reason.
He said, “If you are disciplined and you don’t put romance with
women first as an actor, you would go far. If you believe that as an
actor, you don’t need women all around you, then you would remain
relevant because you would concentrate on your craft. I directed
‘SuperStory’ for about 10 years but no woman entered my room in the
camp. You can ask Wale Adenuga himself.
"There were amorous advances from women but I shunned them. I
am feared while on set. As a lady, you cannot see me and have the
courage to approach me with your amorous advances. People would even
tell you not to try it with me; they would advise the ladies not to wink
at me because I would just slap them. It is not that I am wicked but I
want my cast and crew members to do what is expected of them.
"You don’t have to give me anything to gain what you do not
deserve. Use your talent and let me acknowledge that you are good at
your work. You don’t have to bribe me with your body.
“When I am working, I let discipline guide me. I don’t care if
you are befriending the producer; but as a director, I want a
disciplined actor in front of me. I do not go to the location to wine
and dine; instead I go to work. When it comes to working, I am like a
man that goes to the war front with the mindset of winning the war. If I
don’t face my work squarely, it is the same people that are commending
me that would condemn me and I don’t want that. I want to be an
evergreen actor. Look at the likes of Oga Bello and Prince Jide Kosoko,
they started in 1964 and they are still relevant today. At the time they
started, I was just a year old.”
Although he might be seen as someone to be feared on set, the actor
confided in Saturday Beats that he is the exact opposite at home. He
said his wife is his harshest critic when he does not play a romantic
role convincingly.
“My wife knows who I am to the extent that if I do not romance a
woman properly in a play, she would ask me why I did not kiss her well.
I have always had her support and that has given me the guts to go to
any length in a romantic scene.
He told Saturday Beats that he and his sons are best of friends.
“If I give you any of my son’s phone number, he would tell you
that I am his best friend in the house. I have two boys but when I get
home, we all play like three boys in the house. My sons see me more as a
friend; in fact, when they were still toddlers, I used to call them
best friends. I have never flogged my children. I am fortunate to have
good children who listen to us. Their mother is the tough one; she is
the one with the iron hand,” Laniyan said.
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