Why I Don’t Kiss In Nollywood Movies – Clinton Joshua

Clinton Joshua

Nollywood actor Clinton Joshua has shared why he avoids kissing scenes in films. He recently had his say while speaking during an interview on TVC’s E Splash, and fans have been reacting.

Noting that the decision is a personal boundary aimed at protecting his career, Clinton revealed that he avoids intimate scenes to prevent being typecast.

He added that actors who become known for certain on-screen acts end up struggling to secure different roles.

His words, “I don’t kiss in movies because this is Nollywood and when you are doing that (kissing) — I am not trying to brag — producers will likely give me the same role over and over again.

I don’t want to kiss half the girls in Nollywood.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.