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Podcast: #WithChude
Episode: “I couldn’t even pay rent as an actor, and I wanted to move abroad” — Chimezie Imo |#WithChude
Description: Everyone loves Chimezie Imo. A love cemented after Breath of Life and the AMVCA Trailblazer of 2024 prize that everyone was rooting for him for … after he wasn’t nominated for any of the prizes at all. But Chimezie tells me he doesn’t care about these accolades—he just wants to act and make money. He recalls how his first acting role as a child left an entire room in tears at his RCCG parish in Abuja. He ran to his mom and declared, “I want to be an actor.” From that moment...