In response to criticism surrounding his love scene with his on-screen wife Bimbo Ademoye in Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo, actor Kunle Remi has released a statement.
The narrative of Saro, a traveling cloth weaver who was killed by beating after having an affair with the youngest wife of the Alaafin, is told in the book Anikulapo.
He is brought back to life by a fabled bird, who also leaves behind a gourd that has the ability to resurrect the dead.
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The king’s wife, played by Bimbo Ademoye, removed her clothing before having intercourse with Saro, played by Kunle Remi, in one of the love scenes.
The queen’s breasts and Kunle’s butt caused shock among social media users, which sparked a discussion regarding the actors’ nudity.
Addressing the matter in an Instagram live session, Kunle defended the act, saying that the scene was necessary to the plot and their characters’ development. In his words:
“A lot of people say the nude scene was not necessary, but I’m gonna say this; as an engineer, I can’t tell you how to engineer, as an accountant I can’t tell you how to do your accounting. As a chef, I cant teach you how to cook so as an actor you can’t tell me how far or what I should do in my job.
That scene for us symbolised the moment when we were so vulnerable. Anyways Nigerians are hypocrites. But that was the most vulnerable moment for these characters and that was the first time they genuinely made love”.
Set in the 17th-century Oyo Empire, the movie also stars actors like Sola Sobowale, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Taiwo Hassan, Faithia Williams, Aisha Lawal, Ronke Oshodi-Oke, Dele Odule, Yinka Quadri and Adebayo Salami.