I started learning the terminologies and everything I needed to play that character. But once I decided I was going to commit to this thing, I gave it my best. On the first day on set, I didn’t read a thing. To tell you how disinterested I was, I didn’t even read the script. She insisted, ‘don’t worry, you’ll get used to it’. I was scared told Kemi straight up, ‘I don’t know how to act. “It was awkward at first,” he recalls, “I saw Sola Sobowale in her full elements. I didn’t attend the premiere just because I thought it was going to be all backlash, only for people to come back and say I aced it.”Īrriving on the movie set for the first time and seeing Sola Sobowale, the lead actor, doing her thing, Reminisce says he became even more certain he wasn’t the one for the role. After that, I still didn’t believe in it. I always wanted to do something new, so I decided I would give it a shot. ![]() I did enough for her to not call me back, like when you’re intentionally trying to piss someone off. I think she was trying to use people the audience will connect with. Kemi called, bouncing her idea of the movie off me and the role I was to play. That lady with fine legs! Fine girl is looking for me? Cool!’ He sent my number. “ Banky W messaged me explaining that Kemi Adetiba was trying to reach out,” he says, explaining how he got on the project. However, he had turned down the offer to play Makanaki thrice, having not had any prior experience starring in series or feature-length movies.ĭeclined KOB role thrice went on set blank-headed Remilekun ‘Reminisce’ Sefaru Reminisce is one of the three rappers in the KOB project. The KOB sequel, directed and produced by Adetiba, quickly garnered rave reviews, dominating social media discourse for at least three days after its premiere on August 27. You can have a little bit of temper here and there when provoked. I’m introverted hardly ever comfortable around people I don’t already know, not like I don’t like them. ![]() Minus the guns, of course, the character is just me. His hair and beard died brown, the rapper continues: “I told Kemi Adetiba the character shared certain similarities with me. ![]() In a burst of laughter over his condenser microphone, the rapper adds the caveat: “I’m a Makanaki without the guns.” Movies aside, Reminisce agreed the KOB character Makanaki shared certain attributes with his real-life persona. Cigarette in his hand, a gold-plated chain glistening around his neck, his character proceeds to usurp the boss, utterly defying the norm. In the film, KOB for short, he is - far from the musician he is in person - a gang leader who orchestrates the robbery of top politicians to claim illegally acquired cash stashed away in untoward places. Reminisce reprised his role in the seven-part series that is the blockbuster film’s sequel, masterfully delivering on his embodiment of the character with the deftness of a thespian who had years of acting experience tucked under his belt.
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