How I Feel About People Comparing Me to Hanks Anuku, Jim Iyke - Timini Egbuson

Nigerian actor Timini Egbuson who is a part of one of the most popular brother/sister duo in the entertainment industry (his sister is star actress Dakore Akande) is a big time actor all on his own. During the span of his career, Timini has gotten to star in a myriad of Nollywood blockbuster productions including Breaded Life, Introducing the Kujus, Tanwa Savage, Elevator Baby, Hey You! and many more.

Because of the characters he plays on screen also his off screen persona, Timini has gotten the tag of being a 'bad boy'. Unlike other celebrities who try to do away with that tag, the young actor actually embraces it and is happy being a bad boy. Because of the bad boy categorization, he has naturally also been compared to legendary Nollywood bad boys like Jim Iyke and Hanks Anuku. During a new interview with The Nation, Timini Egbuson opened up about being the "baddest boy in Nollywood" and being compared to Jim Iyke and Hanks Anuku. Here's what Timini said.

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Speaking about his bad boy image, Timini Egbuson said:

It is what it is, I am the baddest boy in Nollywood. Somebody has to do it. I’m enjoying it and I am taking people on a journey with me and that’s kind of like a reality. I’m not trying to give false pretenses, I am who I am. Fame didn’t come to me as a Nollywood actor, I’ve always been famous from secondary school and university days and I knew full well what I was getting into when I decided to start acting, I didn’t want to act and become one of the actors in Nollywood I wanted to come and be the biggest. So I’m happy that with the way I have been able to portray being an actor I have been able to push some younger boys in the industry to come and join because I have made it look so enticing. People see me and say I move like a musician but that’s not it, I move like a superstar is supposed to move.

Speaking about being compared to Hanks Anuku and Jim Iyke, Timini Egbuson said:

Jim Iyke is an OG. I grew up watching him. When I was growing up, I liked people like Jim Iyke, Hanks Anuku. I like the bad boys because they have more fun. So, if people are comparing me with Jim Iyke, I would take that as a huge compliment and I am really open to working with him. We’ve had conversations about it and I feel like a Jim Iyke and Timini movie will be mad but I don’t know why producers are sleeping on it.

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