Former actor Ernest Asuzu has said he is ready to return to Nollywood. Ernest disclosed this in an interview with Premium Times published on Sunday. He said he released a 7-track album The Truth to announce his return to acting.
“Yes, I am. And that’s why I recently launched a 7-track album, The Truth. Yes, I am back, better, and stronger. I miss going to movie locations, my colleagues, and the financial benefits of my job,” he said in the interview.
Addressing his long hiatus from Nollywood, Asuzu said it hurt when people assumed he was dead or had gone mad.
“I was rumoured dead, some people said I was mad; that I was a never-do-well. It hurts badly. I don’t know what they want to achieve by wishing me ill. Some said my ex was behind my problems but I honestly do not know and I have not asked her,” Asuzu said.
In January, a video of the actor pleading for medical aid went viral on social media. In February, the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN) announced it was making plans to help Ernest get back on his feet.
President of the guild, Emeka Rollas, said, “Other AGN members have begun to respond to the directives of the association toward assisting Asuzu. Ernest Asuzu is one of us. I have always identified with him since he developed stroke until there was a break in communication between us. But thank God that we have reconnected.”
