Veteran actor Adebayo Salami aka Oga Bello, needs little or no introduction in the entertainment scene. The actor who has been in the movie industry for decades, talked about his career, family and more in a new interview with Sunday Scoop. What stirred your interest in the movie industry? From a very young age, I had always been interested in anything that had to do with arts and culture. I grew up in Lagos Island and there were a lot of activities that went on there in those days. Were there theatre practitioners you looked up to in those days? Of course. There were people like Hubert Ogunde, Ojo Ladipo, aka Baba Mero, Oyin Adejobi, Ayinla Olumegbon, among others. What was the reaction of your parents when you wanted to start acting? There was no parent that supported their children going into theatre production in those days. Particularly in the town where I come from, religion was taken very seriously. I was also the first child, and people felt it wasn’t proper for m...
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