Actor and broadcaster Patrick Doyle has said that he will not exit the entertainment industry because it is in the grip of Satan.
The Oloture actor told QEDNG publisher Olumide Iyanda in a recent interview that he hates iniquity and cannot be found in places where debauchery prevails.
“I hate iniquity. I’m not being sanctimonious. Whilst we were filming Oloture they were a lot of smooching going on, I ‘raped’ someone in the movie. For me it was work because I also knew that the character was going to get a comeuppance so I consoled myself that ‘Yea, you can do a bad guy role but the bad guy is going to get his comeuppance’. So you can say this is what you get when you do that,” he said.
Commenting on the presumed conflict of interest which may exist between his belief and the entertainment industry after he criticised the BET last month for giving Tems, a secular musician, an award in the gospel category, the 63-year-old said, “There is no conflict. I have a duty to occupy. My mandate is to occupy till Jesus comes. The entertainment industry is for the most part in the grip of Satan. But I am the salt of the earth. I’m not going to run from the entertainment industry because it’s in the grip of Satan. I’m going to go there and be an example.”
Patrick said he gave his life to Jesus in 1987 and that the Christian journey has been eye-opening.
The movie star spoke on the reason why he appears to be playing diverse roles nowadays, saying that filmmakers are now more sophisticated than those of the past.
He however admitted he likes to play the character of a good father in movies.
“To be honest, doing the bad man role was very exciting. Being the villain was exciting for me because it was not something I was used to but the role that I personally like the most is the role of the father like in Isoken, the patriarchy role, good guy taking care of his children and dishing out sound advice. That role is one I particularly like for myself,” he said.
According to Patrick, he’s usually less busy not because he is very selective with roles but because movies nowadays tilt to the younger demographics.
“It’s a new world, it’s a world for the young people, the Tobi Bakres. The stories are more contemporaries and tilted to suit them,” he said, adding that that is not to say people in his demography are not busier than him.
Commenting on his mastery of the Yoruba language, Patrick revealed he played the role of a king in a soon-to-be released Yoruba movie and that he is Itsekiri and speaks “original Yoruba”.
