{"id":82704,"date":"2022-05-26T18:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=82704"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:34:46","slug":"no-never-really-means-no-actor-deyemi-okanlawon-reminisces-on-rejection-before-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/05\/26\/no-never-really-means-no-actor-deyemi-okanlawon-reminisces-on-rejection-before-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"No never really means no &#8211; actor Deyemi Okanlawon reminisces on rejection before fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em>Today being a Thursday, Deyemi has gone down memory lane to reminisce on humble beginnings.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nActor Deyemi Okanlawon has said that he is tempted to release the emails he sent to top filmmakers who ignored him before he became famous but working with him now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/05\/22\/this-could-have-been-us-actor-deyemi-okanlawon-reacts-as-ini-dima-okojie-gets-married\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The <\/span><em><span class=\"s2\">Blood Sisters <\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/05\/22\/this-could-have-been-us-actor-deyemi-okanlawon-reacts-as-ini-dima-okojie-gets-married\/\">actor<\/a> said this on Twitter on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 43-year-old said he sent emails to top producers and directors in 2011 and 2012 but they were ignored. He wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAll I can say is that a lot has happened since that first EL film in 2012\u2026 if I didn\u2019t continuously improve on my skill, deliver consistently regardless of pay, show professionalism, or had a bad personality I\u2019m not certain the relationship with EL would have lasted this long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I remember how all DMs and emails sent as far back as 2011\/2012 to top producers and directors, who I\u2019ve now worked with, were ignored. I still go back to those emails as a reminder that no never really means no.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/19\/207316A7-CF2C-4963-99F8-ADACB28397B3.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-76890\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/19\/207316A7-CF2C-4963-99F8-ADACB28397B3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/19\/207316A7-CF2C-4963-99F8-ADACB28397B3.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/19\/207316A7-CF2C-4963-99F8-ADACB28397B3-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/19\/207316A7-CF2C-4963-99F8-ADACB28397B3-768x942.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a>Speaking further, Deyemi said he might do a thread on the emails he sent out to filmmakers at the beginning of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m so tempted to do a thread on the emails and DMs I sent to producers and directors (not actors) in the beginning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Deyemi was recently listed as the highest-grossing actor in 2021 according to the list compiled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/19\/actor-femi-adebayo-joins-the-league-of-toyin-abraham-funke-akindele-as-he-becomes-the-latest-box-office-king\/\">Nigerian Box Office<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recall the Omo Ghetto actor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/05\/08\/blood-sisters-how-my-role-in-affected-me-mentally-deyemi-okanlawon-reveals-sympathizes-with-abusers\/\">detailed how his role in Nigeria\u2019s Netflix original series, Blood Sisters, affected him mentally as he sympathized with abusers.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the series, Deyemi acted as Kola Ademola, an abusive partner who brutalised his victims as a pastime.<br \/>\nOn his Twitter page on Sunday May 8, the actor noted that perfecting his role in the movie was a mentally draining process. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today being a Thursday, Deyemi has gone down memory lane to reminisce on humble beginnings.\u00a0 Actor Deyemi Okanlawon has said that he is tempted to release the emails he sent to top filmmakers who ignored him before he became famous but working with him now. 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