Nkechi Blessing opens up a few surprising position she rejected on the early stage of her profession
Nollywood actress, Nkechi Sunday Blessing has opened up about some of the disturbing challenges she confronted at the start of her appearing profession.
Talking on a latest episode of The Sincere Bunch podcast, Nkechi revealed that the largest downside she encountered as a newcomer was being handed outrageous and inappropriate scripts.
“Regardless of being a newcomer, I used to be given a script to sleep with a canine. I rejected it as a result of I can’t begin off my profession like that. Think about my first ever film, I’m sleeping with a canine. It doesn’t make sense.
It’s going to be a tag as a result of no matter you begin with is what individuals would affiliate you with. I didn’t wish to be famend as somebody who sleeps with canines in motion pictures,” she stated.
She defined that accepting such a position would have created a everlasting adverse label that the general public would always remember. Regardless of being new to Nollywood on the time, she refused to compromise her values.
“So, I rejected that script. However instantly I threw it down, so many ladies grabbed it. I’m undecided any of them are within the limelight immediately,” Nkechi added.
The actress recalled that she was as soon as given one other script that required her to carry out an excessive act on display, which she additionally rejected instantly.
Her refusal was primarily based on the assumption that it might wreck her picture earlier than her profession even began.
After leaving that production venue, Nkechi met veteran filmmaker Emeka Duru, who later gave her a possibility to characteristic within the film “Via The Hearth by Imem Isong, a job she described as the true begin of her Nollywood journey.
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Once they gave me the script for the film that was suppose to be my first, it stated I needed to sleep with a canine. I rejected it and numerous different women rushed the supply.
— Nkechi Blessing pic.twitter.com/b9sr9TkQQm
— Linda Ikeji Weblog (@lindaikeji) December 1, 2025