Actor Lateef Adedimeji has revealed that playing the role of presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming biopic Last Man Standing is scary.
The movie star disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday.
According to the 36-year-old, it is always scary to play a movie role based on a true-life character as the person being played gets a chance to critique the actor.
Lateef also wondered why he is always being called upon to play roles based on true-life characters.
He said: “I really don’t know why I am always called upon to play these roles; this is going to be my fourth biopic. I did Ayinla, Ige, Strangers and now this.
“I believe it is the versatility and being able to key into other people and bring the character to life, that is you being an actor, studying other people and ensuring that you can drop you at a time you need to play them and bring them into reality.
“It is a lot of work, I had to be on YouTube studying his mannerism, the way he talks, the way he moves, smiles and all of that and try to replicate that, it is about forgetting yourself totally for the duration of the shooting.”
Speaking further, the actor said that through research, he found out that Tinubu had a very good sense of humour.
“I have been watching him closely, I have even read and what is most important is seeing the person a few times. Then close your eyes and bring all you have read and heard about the person and let it flow naturally.
“Somehow, someway, you will key into it. That has been my pattern, from the way Asiwaju Tinubu talks slowly, picking his words one after the other and the way he drops his jokes.
“A lot of people won’t notice that he can be a comedian because he goes straight to the point, but if you pay attention, you will notice the comic quality in some of his words. I hope for the best with this production,’’ he said.
