Rita Dominic Opens Up on Being Banned From Nollywood

There was a time when Veteran actress, Rita Dominic was a highly sought after name in the Nollywood terrain. But as the times grew older, her influence started to dwindle in the industry and the movie scene entirely.

The actress has now come out to reveal what truly happened, or perhaps what led to her ‘ban’ from the industry.

The actress who recently got married, explained in an interview with Chude Jidenowo that Nollywood had silently casted her aside and prevented her getting work because it felt she was head strong and hell bent on changing things from the normal status.

She went on to explain that she had fought for a structure to be put in place to allow actors and stars to grow in their careers.

It was a fight she felt cost her movie roles and a status within the industry as she stepped on toes along the way.

Rita Dominic in her quotes, said:

“So let me tell you something, I don’t know if I’ve said this publicly. Many years ago, we worked a lot with the marketers and they weren’t used to talking to management, they were used to easy access, direct access to us. So I started working with a manager which is my business partner Mildred because she manages my career as well and it was a challenge.

“But I was bent on changing things at least for myself cuz I felt like we needed some sort of structure if we wanted to grow if we wanted this to go further or advance our careers, we needed to start letting them understand that we have management.

“So obviously, they didn’t like it but they didn’t… let me put it this way: I think they gave me a silent ban without saying anything. I used to trickle down certain things that they would say, a few of them, and I can understand.

“You know, people don’t like change sometimes especially when it’s been the same thing for so long and it has worked for you. I didn’t get work for a long time!

“Before then, Mildred and I had been talking. She had already started producing and we had toyed with the idea of forming a company together and shooting productions and adverts. So when that (ban) lingered for a while, I said you know what? Let’s go ahead with this thing let’s produce content.

“That’s how I was put on this other trajectory and I started producing. I did my first film, ‘The Meeting’ and I wasn’t going to do the role but we ended up doing it and The Meeting became very successful. So the (ban) in a way was a blessing. Sometimes, the powers that be (the universe) may be moving you in a direction you don’t want because you want things to happen in a certain way. But it might actually let you achieve the same goal through a different route.”