Ghanaian star actress Yvonne Nelson has said that she was able to fund her movie production company in Ghana from the proceeds of her roles in Nigerian films.
The Forbidden Fruit actress made this known in a recent interview while talking about how the Ghanaian movie industry can be revived.
She said: “It can, if John Dumelo, Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Okoro, Van Vicker, we all become producers. I believe everyone is going to see it, you know, the revival will be seen. I am urging people, not just outsiders or people who have money, we can do it on our own.
“I can’t be the only one going around talking and saying let’s do this, people can see that we are not even bothered about the industry, we don’t care if it crashes or not so yeah if we can all start producing and helping the younger ones also showcase their talents, I believe we will start from somewhere.”
Speaking further, she said: “There is money in film, I started in 2010 so I have been using the same money you know. I have made some decent money from Nigeria, so that money I didn’t touch it, it is for production.
“I have my production account so that is what I have been using to produce all these movies, and luckily for me some of my past productions I got like placement money from companies to do placements and stuff. It’s been rewarding if you know what you are doing and your movies are good.”
