Rotimi Salami, a well-known Nollywood actor, has opened up about some of the difficult moments in his past that made him consider taking a break from filmmaking to focus on his studies.
In a video interview posted on the official YouTube channel of Feelrightnews TV, he revealed that he was deeply hurt when some producers refused to cast him in movie roles, claiming he had a small face and a small body. He admitted that the experience brought him to tears but shared how he eventually overcame the setback.
In his statement, he said, “It was not easy at all during the time of our movie auditions because it was quite far from where I was living that time. One of the challenges that I encountered that time was that when I go for movie auditions for 3 years I was given only one movie role. One of the challenges that I faced that time was that I have a small body and a small face and I was told that the movie roles that were available that time was for actors with bigger body. I cried when some producers said they can’t give me movie roles because of my face and body.”