Veteran actor, Pete Edochie has said he began acting before the existence of Nollywood.
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The 76yr old actor said when he made his first debut in 1985 in Chinua Achebe novel “Thing fall apart” there was nothing like nollywood.
In a interview with Afia Tv, Pete stated that nollywood came to existence 7 years after the release of “Things fall apart”
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He said;Β
βIβm senior in the movie industry. I mean, when I did βThings Fall Apartβ in 1985, there was nothing like Nollywood. By then, Nollywood was slumbering sonorously in the womb of time.Β
βIt was seven years after that Nollywood came on board with βLiving In Bondage.β I went round the world before Nollywood came. By the special grace of God, after I did βThings Fall Apart,β I was celebrated internationally.Β Β
βThe BCC flew in here [Nigeria] to interview me and tell flew into America to interview Chinua Achebe. And Achebe said, βPete Edochie gave that role an interpretation after my heart.β Before he died, he was calling me Okonkwo. Seven years after Nollywood came and when I retired from broadcasting, I joined Nollywood.β