It is quite difficult to believe but this was what Nigeria Films reported recently:
”You sure have been intimidated about the 155-page Book, Nollywood
Till November authored by the prolific writer, actor, director and
producer, Charles Novia.
In one of the pages of the book published to revealed behind the
scenes of actors et all, he makes mention of a day he caught the movie
goddess, Genevieve Nnaji smoking a cigarette.
Novia reveals that it’s a big shock to him.
Hear him, “…I remember on the third day of recording, one night while
shooting at a clinic in Victoria Garden City Extension, I came out for a
bit of fresh air while the technical people were setting up for the
next scene. I saw Genevieve in a dark corner of the building, smoking a
cigarette. ‘Whoops! You caught me’, she said, laughing. ‘You smoke?’ I
asked, a bit surprised. ‘Now and then. It relaxes me ‘ she said. ‘Do you
smoke?’ ‘Never have. Never will. But I don’t have any problems with
people who smoke though. But health wise, I hope you stop soon.’ I
replied. ‘I am trying to. Sit with me a bit, lets talk about this
scene.’ I sat with her and I explained some few things to her about the
scene. We also talked about a bit of her stardom and how she was coping
with it. She was in a chatty mood and it was a revealing conversation.”
