Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has spoken out about the well-known movie scene in which she and Mercy Johnson, a coworker, fought at the market.
The actress revealed the difficulties she faced while filming “Battle on Bukka Street” during an interview.
Prior to entering the set to shoot the fighting scene with Mercy in the market, Funke claimed something personal happened to her on the day of the filming.
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The actress admitted that she came close to quitting filming the market scene, but that she had to summon the will to push through after being reminded that she had come too far to abruptly give up or leave.
She said, “The major challenge while shooting Battle on Buka street was the famous market scene, a scene I filmed when I was very sad.
“It was one of my saddest days on earth, something very personal happened, I broke down heavily and I couldn’t film and I told myself Funke, challenges will come.
“So I braced up, summoned up courage and filmed the scene, I went and fought Mercy.
“I came back and I was panting, I was tired because I had cried before but we had to just keep shooting and.
“I had started well and needed to end it well too and it was the last day on set.
“Later we still ran, we still had to shout and I still went ahead to pray with the crew and destroy Bukka street.
“So, whatever you do, challenges will come, always pray for strength to keep it on cos it won’t always be easy.”
Sharing the video with motivating words she wrote, “No matter how much one gets beaten down in life, one must always stay strong because like the quote above says, we become the most vulnerable when we cower in fear.
“When we give in to our sadness, it means we have allowed our weakness to overtake us and nothing can be achieved in life with this type of attitude.
-Never be afraid to make mistakes.
-Never stay down when you fall; make sure you rise and keep moving.
-Never be intimidated!
-Always believe in yourself and give no room for doubt.”
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