I Was Collecting N4,000 For Lead Role In Movies – Lateef Adedimeji

Ace Nollywood actor, Lateef Adedimeji has recounted how he was underpaid despite playing lead roles in movies.

According to Adedimeji, he was receiving as low as N4,000 for a lead role in 2014.

Speaking in the latest episode of the ‘Deep Dive’ podcast hosted by comedian, Teju Babyface, the “Jagun Jagun” star disclosed that he only started getting paid N100,000 to N200,000 for a role in 2015.

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Adedimeji said, “If I tell people that I wasn’t collecting N100,000, N200,000 until 2015/16, a lot of people would not believe me.

“Before then, the highest I collected for a lead role was either N4,000, N5,000, or N10,000. I was paid that low back in 2014 because it was more like a learning process.