Top Nollywood actor and Gulder Ambassador,
Yemi Blaq was recently hosted to an exclusive shindig by the premium lager beer
from Nigerian Breweries Plc.
Blaq, who turned a year older on 19
May, was celebrated at the party held during the Nollywood Beer Academy
sponsored by the brewery giant in its Ibadan, Oyo State factory.
Speaking at the party attended by
Yemi’s colleagues, friends and officials of NB Plc, Edem Vindah, Corporate
Media/Brand PR Manager, NB Plc, stated that the brand is proud of Yemi Blaq
because he represents Gulder’s ideals of the “real man who is responsible,
hardworking, demonstrates leadership and respect for others.”
“Gulder stands for the ultimate sign
of achievement, masculinity, respect, self-assurance and success. It is also a
premium quality beer for young success conscious men and women,” Vindah said.
Blaq became a Gulder brand
ambassador last year. He came into the movie industry in 2005 and has featured
in over 250 films. He is seen as a hard working movie producer and one of the
most famous in Nollywood.
Blaq was born Yemi Olatunji in a
family of four siblings in Ondo State Nigeria and grew up knowing he was going
into the arts.
From his primary school days, he got
a lot of encouragement and support. After he played the role of the
incorruptible judge in Olu Olagoke’s ‘The Incorruptible Judge’, his teacher
came home and said to his mom, “oh this one is going to become an actor”. Since
then he has nurtured it.
“I always wanted to act, I always
loved acting. I used to act back in my days in school. I studied theatre arts
in school. I travelled and after I came back I joined the Actors Guild of
Nigeria (AGN),” he said.
Blaq believes he was one of the
lucky ones because he got into the industry when everyone said it was a bit
tough. He was in it for about five or six months auditioning for roles, and
talking to people for opportunities. Then he ran into a really large big
audition which turned out to be a grand encounter.
“My first experience on set was with
Obi Osotule and Mathias Agbo in Benin City. They were shooting this movie, ‘The
Unseen Eyes’ and I had gone there to just flex my acting muscles. I got on set
with the rest of the people who came for the audition and we started reading,”
Blaq said.
‘Lost to Lust’ was the movie that
gave him a breakthrough, being his first lead role movie with Mercy Johnson.
"It came out successful and
since then every director and producer want me to work for them. In the
industry, if you are good, people tend to look for you, to utilize your
talent,” he said.
After his breakthrough with ‘Lost to
Lust’, directors and filmmakers started calling him to feature in movies.
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