In an interview with
Saturday Tribune,
Mercy Johnson Okojie opens up about life before the fame, money and
marriage. She talks about how she once lived in an uncompleted building
and how she was inspired to start acting after watching one of Genevieve
Nnaji's movies. Excerpt below...
Sometimes when I cry in movies, it isn't the script that
makes me cry. When I recall my humble beginning, I give thanks to God. When I
remember how we moved into an uncompleted building and had to take cover
whenever it rained because of the condition of the house; how my brother did a
menial job as a bricklayer to earn a living and those days when we rolled over
a stick to cover the windows up till the point when I started acting and raised
money to cover the roof… I recall those days we were living with lizards
because the floor and the walls of the house were not plastered, or when I had
scars as a result of my several falls.” Continue..
