Mr. Beautiful, while acknowledging Agya Koo’s significant talent, has revealed insights into his attempts to dominate the film industry and marginalize others.
Born Clement Bonney, the actor recounted how the intervention of Miracle Films’ director was necessary to disrupt his monopoly by featuring both him and Agya Koo alongside Nana Ama McBrown in the film ‘Sika Nibre’.
“To the extent that, Agya Koo could put a production on hold when he is travelling outside the country. When you ignore the directive, he will blacklist that producer.
“They were gravely concerned about the attitude he was putting up so fortunately, Miracle Films came for me and paired me with him for my first movie.
“Besides, Agya Koo and I had known ourselves during concert party days and at the time, he was happy to see me on set of Sika Nibre featuring McBrown and Agya Koo. That movie was a hit.
“We had about three or four movies to shoot together but he refused to shoot and only agreed on condition that I was dropped from the cast.
“We even had to change a storyline for one movie. Some of the producers were even concerned about his attitude but it went on and on and on,” he said in an interview as quoted by Graphic.
Mr. Beautiful also disclosed that Agya Koo perceived him as a challenge to his authority within the Kumawood film industry during that period.
“Truth is that, Agya Koo made local movies popular because of his soaring popularity at the time. When Santo died, Agya Koo filled the void. I love Agya Koo but truth is truth is that when Agya Koo became popular, he wanted to be the only one in the limelight,” he added.
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