Well-liked Nollywood actor and producer Femi Adebayo has shared the life-changing second he determined to depart legislation behind for a profession in performing.
In a current interview with Pulse, Adebayo revealed that he was incomes simply ₦20,000 month-to-month as a lawyer when an performing alternative got here alongside that modified all the pieces.
“Performing was only a passion for me again then,” he recalled. “However then I used to be supplied ₦50,000 to behave in a film for simply three days. In the meantime, my full month-to-month wage as a lawyer was ₦20,000. That was once I instructed myself, ‘Femi, this performing is your calling.’”
That eye-opening second marked a significant turning level for him. He left his legislation profession and embraced performing absolutely a call that has led to a profitable profession in Nollywood.
Femi Adebayo’s journey has not solely been pushed by expertise but in addition impressed by the legacy of his father, veteran actor Adebayo Salami, fondly often known as Oga Bello.