Eucharia anunobi: "Being A Pastor Does Not Stop Me From Acting As A Prostitute"

Nollywood actress turned minister, Eucharia Anunobi has clarified that her status as a preacher does not stop her from playing any role being requested of her in a movie production.

The popular actress who took everybody by surprise when she was ordained an evangelist few years ago, in a chat with Nigerian Tribune disclosed that, being born-again did not alter her acting career, adding that she has been acting back to back.

According to her:

That I’m an ordained minister preaching the gospel of Jesus all around, attending conference being speaker and an associate pastor has never stopped me from acting, by His grace, over the years, since I started acting and I repeat it, as an actress, I have never and I don’t remember any year that I did not act. I think that unfortunately what has been happening is that a lot of producers are no longer publicising and advertising their movies like they used to when it comes out in the market. It has to do with a lot of posters being put on the streets, on the wall and maybe adverts on the TV and the radio the way they used to do them and most often, what I realise is even the movies that I’ve been doing over a couple of years now, say in the last three, four years, I don’t see them myself, and I ask myself, I’ve been working, I’ve been making movies, I’ve been having money being paid to me, but I’ve not been seeing the movies except on rare occasions and what I realise has been happening is that these movies come out and they send them straight to the TV Channels like iROKOtv, Ben TV and all these…and I hear people say they watch them on the net, apparently, maybe the money to put them on TV is not there as it were or the way it used to be, so maybe, later, they do put them on CDs and then, also, maybe money for the production of flyers and billboards is no longer there. So these obviously have put a blanket on the movies that are out, not just by myself alone but a lot of other colleagues as well, but then, you know all things worketh together for the good of those that believe in God.

When asked if she can still play the role of a bad girl in a movie, she said:

I repeat the verse, proverbs 18:16, that the gift of a man maketh a way for a man and bringeth him before kings, Now, gifts and talents of acting, to be a doctor, to be a painter, to be a carpenter, to be a writer or journalist like you are or to be a fashion designer, these are gifts from God. There is nothing that was ever created that was not created by God.

According to man, which is humanity, we can see some things are bad, but it is from the mess that God brings out the message and the miracle. Now, if I’m given a role to play as a prostitute, my dear, it is acting, I would do it comfortably well because it is a gift given to me. Now to preach the gospel of Jesus, look at it, the Jesus we are preaching about, he said I did not come for the righteous, I came for the lost. So now, you cannot say because you are a pastor, then all you are going to be doing is because of the skill, that is, when they give you a role to play a thief, or an armed robber or a wicked mother-in-law, you would say no o, you would do holy, holy, holy, come on.

Anunobi is the associate pastor of the Fresh Oil Ministry International Church, in Egbeda Lagos. She was ordained as an evangelist as well as an apostle and has ministered in the United States of America and some West African countries.