Stella Damasus Responds to Fan Who Asked Why She’s Never Been in a Hollywood Movie Despite Living in America for Years

Nollywood actress Stella Damasus is one of those actresses that you always remember and talk about especially when old Nollywood is the topic of discourse. Stella made quite a name for herself in the industry acting in a bevy of roles that won her hundreds and thousands of fans. She starred in iconic movies like Rattlesnake, Games Women Play, Dangerous Twins, Widow, and more.

But then, later in her life, Stella decided to relocate to America where she currently still primarily lives with her family in Atlanta. Because she is such a big star in Nollywood, people thought her moving to America would mean seeing Stella on the big screen in a Hollywood movie - but that is yet to be. During an interview with Pulse TV, Stella finally gave the reason why she's never been in a Hollywood movie and why it is so hard for her as a Nigerian actress to get roles. Here's what Stella said.

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Speaking to Pulse TV on how hard it is for Nigerians to land roles in Hollywood, Stella Damasus said:

It's very hard. If you notice, most of the Nigerians that have done big screen movies in Hollywood are people that were raised in England. Most of them have a different type of accent. They are Nigerians from the UK. David Oyelowo, John Boyega, Leticia Wright, all of those people. Even other people from other African countries that have made it into the big screen movies, most of them came from the UK. So for us, let me use myself for example, I've gone to meet certain agents and managers who have told me "oh we'll love to work with you but we will need to make sure that there are enough roles for someone like you". I was like "What do you mean someone like me?" Then they said to me "we want an African to be very dark. That's the kind of African that we are used to. We're not used to your type of African. We want Lupita dark." I was like ok. They said, "So you're not dark enough and you're not white, you're not light enough to be half-cast so it's hard to place you. You're not mixed race. Then your accent. You don't sound American. You don't sound British. Neither do you sound African." I'm like how do you think Africans sound? Because Africa is filled with a million and one countries and inside those countries, we have different dialects and different accents. They're like "No. There's a particular kind of accent that you must have." So that's why they force our people to put it on. We don't talk like that. Maybe one or two small countries in East Africa but I'm Nigerian, there are Ghanaians, there are different people and we all sound different, but we don't sound like this (caricature voice). They're like "But that's what Hollywood wants. That's what they're used to. They're not used to people like you yet." I'm like okay. We'll do our thing. We'll make our money. But then we have to come back home and say okay, this is where things are. This is where we're known. This is where we're appreciated. Na so we see am.

Stella says that she now plans on coming back to Nigeria at least three times a year and already has a number of projects lined up to shoot here in Nigeria as it is where she's most appreciated. We love to have you back here in this market Stella and I for one cannot wait to see what you do.

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