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HOW GENEVIEVE NNAJI, OMOTOLA’S SUPREMACY WAR NEARLY RUINED IJE

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Startling facts have emerged concerning how the age-long feud between actress Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde played out during the production of Chineze Anyaene’s multiple award winning movie, “Ïje: The Journey.”
The silent rivalry, nearly ruined the production of the big budget movie.
The movie which ruled the Nigerian box office, grossing over N47 million from six cinemas across the country two years ago starred the two A-list actresses amongst other Nollywood stars.
Sources close to the producer revealed that, while the movie was being shot in Los-Angeles, it was a running battle to get the two heavy-weight actresses to work as a team.
In fact, according to our sources, except for the ceaseless intervention of the cast and crew of the production, none of the two actresses was ready to play a second fiddle to each other.
In the movie however, Genevieve played the role of Chioma, the lead character, while Omotola played that of Anya, her sister.
Indeed, before starring in the movie, Omotola and Geneveive were known to be engaged in a cold war, resulting from the so called “insults” traded through the media and an alleged battle to be Nigeria’s Number one sex symbol.
Our sources went further to reveal that Zeb Ejiro who was the consulting producer played a major role, he stepped in as the mediator between Geneive and Omotola

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