Nollywood actress and screen diva, Tonto Dikeh, has come out to lambast movie producers, accusing them of pirating their own movies so that they can make rapid gains.
Speaking in a Tv interview, Tonto said:
It is so deep that the truth is, it is these same producers, directors, marketers that are now the ones pirating their own movies. There was a time i overheard a conversation between producers saying instead of ‘me losing out, let me go and pirate my movies myself so i can cash out myself if i don’t make enough from the original copies’.
Speaking on why she has been out of the movie scene and why she hasn't taken up production, she said:
“Different things actually come into place on why I haven’t been on the screen today, I haven’t found the perfect script that I want to act in.
I want to watch a movie i star in and hear my voice and not know it is my voice..we need to train ourselves and be more and i think I am one of the few people that have attained that more….”