Showmax’s Wura super woman, Scarlet Gomez, aka Wura, is enjoying the ample leverage that her topnotch performance in the role has given her. She says the favours are coming in the forms of fame, deals, ambassadorial positions and more. But she too is paying a prize for the absolutist disposition she exudes in the series: some people believe that is what she is in real life.
As a result, they see him and tend to run away.
She says, “I’m not going to lie, it feels amazing. This is like the biggest thing I have ever done and having to see people appreciate me for that. In Nigeria when you know that something has really gone far and wide is when they begin to call you by the name of your character, they would say ‘Sikiratu Sindodo’, something like that, I just accepted it. It was amazing, I am not going to lie. The only part that bothers me is that people think I am like that in real life. I see people crossing the streets when I’m coming and I’m like I am not wicked o.”
This is part of her experience as she discloses to ‘The Nation’ in a chat.
According to her, the role has ben so demanding that, at a point, she could not go home for a month:
“I had to stay away from my husband for one month. That was a lot but oga found a way to come to meet me. For that period, I think I stepped out of the compound like twice. I was in the compound for that entire time. It was gruelling.
“Mentally, physically, it took its toll. I had to do therapy. It was so hard getting out of it. I remember going on set and you know how they type-cast people in Nigeria. Once you play the role, that is the role, they keep giving you. I got stuff like that coming and I decided not to take up wicked roles. Let me play the victim. It was challenging having to come out of it.”
