The Culture of Casting and Recasting Nollywood Actors
The fact that Nigeria is endowed with great authors, directors, cinematographers, and other creative professionals cannot be denied. However, we can not help but notice that when it comes to our biggest blockbusters, the same faces appear on-screen rather often. The whole thing makes you question Nollywood auditions and the procedure that goes into them. There is really a reason for this; not to pass judgment on people who sit in the casting director's chair, but when a new screenplay is out, it's simple to assume that they would reach out to the most popular actor or actress of the time to cast. There are two problems within this topic. The problem of recasting the same faces repeatedly without giving enough space for upcoming actors to show their stuff; and the problem of using the same actors playing the same character in blockbusters. Considerably, popular actors would sell better. Audiences get used to seeing a particular character playing a certain role and the director