Actor Deyemi Okanlawon Reveals How Role In ‘Blood Sisters’ Affected His Mental Health

Popular Nollywood actor Deyemi Okanlawon has taken to social media to reveal how a role he played in a recent movie affected his mental health.

The talented thespian who opened up on his ordeal in a post on his official Twitter page said that his role in Nigeria’s Netflix original series, Blood Sisters drained him mentally.

Deyemi who played the role of Kola Ademola, an abusive boyfriend who brutalized his victims and made drawings, while they stay still in pain noted in his post on Twitter that it took months to get to a semblance of normalcy.

The actor posted thus on Twitter; ‘‘Kola Ademola definitely affected me more than I care to admit and it took months to get to a semblance of normalcy. Strangely while I still firmly believe aggression should be met with justice, I now empathise with people who carry such demons.

‘‘As Deyemi Okanlawon I pray to continue to defend victims of discrimination and violence with my life.

‘‘However, as an ACTOR, my craft dictates in order to give the best performance I cannot judge a character’s life/actions but must become the character.

‘‘In order to embody a character, I have to temporarily suspend my personal beliefs to truly understand who they are and why they do what they do.

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