Popular Nollywood actress, filmmaker, and movie producer Funke Akindele Bello has revealed the challenges she faced while taking up the role of Lefty in her ‘Omo Ghetto, The Saga’ movie.

Funke Akindele opened up that she had to go through a lot of training, which had the best of her, to get the role as Lefty right. According to her, she had to train herself every day so that she could deliver on point in order to “truthfully interpret the character and deliver a flawless performance”.

Above all, she was full of thanks for the many good reviews the movie has produced so far. Taking to her Instagram page and sharing some photos of her smoking on set, she captioned;

“Taking up the character of #Lefty in #omoghettothesaga was quite challenging and it took a whole lot of rigorous training, emotions, and substitution in truthfully interpreting the character. I literarily lived, breathed, and ate the character from the point I began to write, till the principal photography of the movie was done. I trained myself to perfectly do these things in order to deliver a flawless performance. However, I’m grateful for the good reviews I’ve gotten so far concerning the delivery of LEFTY. #omoghettothesagamovie is still showing in all cinemas nationwide. Please go see it this weekend with your loved ones”.

She has received so many praises from other celebrity friends and her fans. Most of which commended her for acting her role perfectly. Comments from the post read:

That aside, the trailblazer Funke Akindele, in a recent post shared that she was over the moon, for her recent achievement in her career, as a movie director and an actress. She took to her Instagram page to congratulate herself, her husband, and all the cast and crew on the huge feat.

Meanwhile the movie ‘Omo Ghetto ’breaks the four-year record held by Kemi Adetiba’s 2016 comedy movie ‘The Wedding Party’ as Nollywood’s highest-grossing movie of all time.

According to a statement published by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), ‘Omo Ghetto (The Saga)’ has grossed 468,036,300Naira (equivalent to 1,223,624.27 Dollars), after three straight weeks of maintaining the number one spot. It takes the spot of ‘The Wedding Party’ which had been Nollywood’s Highest Grossing Movie with 453,000,000Naira (equivalent to 1,184,313.69 dollars).

Released on Christmas day 2020, the movie which is a sequel to the 2010 trilogy ‘Omo Ghetto’, follows the story of Shalewa, also known as, Lefty (Funke Akindele). Lefty struggles between living a life of wealth and comfort, provided by her adopted mother or, to return to her ghetto lifestyle.

Funke Akindele who produced and co-directed the film played the dual role of Ayomide and Lefty. She starred alongside Tina Mba, Adebayo Salami aka Oga Bello, Chioma Akpotha, Bimbo Thomas, Eniola Badmus, Deyemi Okanlawon, Zubby Michael, Mercy Aigbe, Timini Egbuson, and Alex Ekubo among others.