Nigerian actress and musician, Adesua Etomi Wellington, has revealed that she now takes animated roles in movies because of her children.
The actress made this disclosure while announcing her new position in the animated series, “Secrets of the Multiverse,” which was made by a Nigerian filmmaker.
Leading the cast of “Secrets of the Multiverse” is an ecstatic Adesua in the role of Iyabo, a maternal figure whose persona serves as the story’s emotional centre.
The mother of two stated in a recent interview that the part struck a deep chord with her own experiences.
She said, “It was thrilling to accept the offer to play the part in Secrets of Multiverse for someone who is well-known for loving her two kids.
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“I want to be involved in projects that I can proudly tell my children to watch because I know that the values shared, love, discipline, empathy, kindness, are values that we uphold,” she said.
On her role and what it entails, Adesua simply said, “Iyabo is a mother; she is a nurturer. I need to tap into myself to play her. The role is not too far from home. I pulled from my own personal experiences.
“I am a mom as well, as you all know. I have two boys. And while I am mothering a girl here, you know that it is much more tasking to mother a little boy.
“So, I wouldn’t say it was too far or too emotionally challenging for me.”
Highlighting what drew her to the production, the actress said, “When I think about my childhood, I think about the animations that I watched.
“I’ve always been concerned that we don’t have as many animations for kids to watch.
It’s very exciting that this is African, that this is Nigerian, made by us, for us, but shared with the entire world. That was one of the things that attracted me to it, first of all,”
Adesua also expressed what guides her decision to take on roles saying, “My guiding philosophy for me would be, first of all, God.
I get Him very heavily involved in the things that I do. So, if I have peace about it, I do it. If I feel like it’s passing the sort of message that I want to share to the rest of the world, then I do it.”
On what she brings to the character of Iyabo in the ‘Secrets of the Multiverse,’ Adesua noted that her character reflects familiar African parenting dynamics.
“You hear the intonations, a mother calling her child by her full name. If you hear the full version of your name, you know there’s fire on the mountain,” she said.
Adesua joined the new adventure, which is a spin-off of Blessing Amidu’s wildly popular Nigerian animation “Lady Bukit and Motley Mopsters.”
