Shanty Town: My first reaction after I found out I’ll be playing ‘ashawo’ role – Mercy Eke
The talk of the town is Shanty Town, the latest Nollywood series that hit Netflix recently.
During a new sit down interview with Nollywire, reality TV star cum actress, Mercy Eke gave more insight into her character and how she felt when she discovered her role of a prostitute (ashawo).
Describing her character, Mercy Eke said:
“Jackie is a promising sex worker [laughs] There is no way you will put it. Jackie is a sex worker that got herself mixed up with Scar and got herself entangled with things that are not her business.”
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Shedding light on her reaction, after finding out the character she was to play, she said:
“I just said to myself you just have to be Jackie and play Jackie. It was a sweet character, like it’s something everybody can relate to in our society today. Everybody can totally relate to Jackie. So when I read the script, I was like it is what I can do. Yeah, let me just go and show my acting skills with Jackie.”