{"id":216442,"date":"2025-08-19T07:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=216442"},"modified":"2025-08-19T07:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:13:32","slug":"why-i-stepped-back-from-acting-bimbo-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/19\/why-i-stepped-back-from-acting-bimbo-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I stepped back from acting \u2013 Bimbo Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Popular Nigerian movie actress Bimbo Thomas has explained why she recently stepped back from taking on acting roles, revealing that she wanted to avoid being stereotyped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Speaking on the first episode of the Old secret podcast, Bimbo said she felt producers were trying to confine her to a particular type of character. In her words:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI felt they wanted to box me, they wanted to put me in a corner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"> The actress stressed that she is versatile and can easily switch between different roles. \u201c<em>One minute I\u2019m speaking phonetically, the next I do ghetto and so on,\u201d<\/em> she explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">While Bimbo is well-known for her ability to perform in pidgin English, she noted that it is not her natural way of speaking. She confessed:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201c<em>I wasn\u2019t born in the barracks, so pidgin isn\u2019t my thing,<\/em>\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Bimbo Thomas gained widespread recognition for her performance in <\/span><em><span class=\"s3\">Omo Ghetto<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s2\"> and its sequel, <\/span><em><span class=\"s3\">Omo Ghetto: The Saga<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s2\">. She has also featured in numerous Yoruba and English-language movies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">A graduate of Creative Arts from the University of Lagos, Bimbo has been active in the Nigerian film industry for over a decade and continues to be celebrated for her talent and versatility.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216443\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_1138.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_1138.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_1138-262x300.jpeg 262w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_1138-894x1024.jpeg 894w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_1138-768x879.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bimbo Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Not only actors experience stereotype, in June 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/06\/22\/why-filmmakers-keep-doing-same-types-of-films-biodun-stephen-video\/\">Biodun Stephen spoke on movie stereotypes which has become the order of the day, now more than before. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The filmmaker in an interview with Pulse also acknowledged the fact that filmmakers keep making the same kind of movies. In her opinion, she shared why it has become a norm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Biodun Stephen attributed the reasons simply to success. She asserted that once filmmakers notice a certain type of movie gains commercial success, they start to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/06\/22\/why-filmmakers-keep-doing-same-types-of-films-biodun-stephen-video\/\"><strong>produce same type of movie simply to gain from it financially without finding out what precisely led to the film\u2019s success. <\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Nigerian movie actress Bimbo Thomas has explained why she recently stepped back from taking on acting roles, revealing that she wanted to avoid being stereotyped. Speaking on the first episode of the Old secret podcast, Bimbo said she felt producers were trying to confine her to a particular type of character. 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