As the debate as to whether it is right to tell one’s interviewer that she smells nice continues, Nollywood actress, Toni Tones has shared the experience she had with her driver.
According to her, the driver told her that she looked ‘hot’ on his first day of resumption to work. That day, however, was his last day of works, she said.
Here is what she wrote:
Nollywood actress, Toni Tones who acted as the younger version of Sola Sobowales character, Eniola Salami has revealed how she was able to play the role which has earned her wide acclaim.
According to her, she had to strain her voice and dd weight to enable her play the role. Many thought her voice was digitized but it wasn’t, she said.
This was in an interview with Aura Magazine where she revealed that she didn’t audition for the role she played. She had earlier auditioned as Kemi Salami, the role played by Adesua Etomi, she said.
Playing the ‘Young Eniola Salami’ (Young Sola Sobowale) in ‘King of Boys’ was quite challenging for me. It’s easier to create a character from scratch; you get to make it your own. But when you’re playing the younger version of someone, there’s already a blueprint set out for you that you have to follow. You have to move, look and sound like the person.
“You have to convince that you really are the younger version of who you are playing. I made the decision to put on weight for the role for two reasons, I knew it would help me look more like Sola Sobowale. I knew it would make people see less of ‘Toni Tones’ because they are used to me being slim and I needed them to as little of Toni Tones in this character as possible.
Aunty Sola was much slimmer as a young girl, but we don’t know that ‘Sola Sobowale.’ We know the Sola Sobowale of today, so it was my job to convince the audience that I was the younger version of the Sola Sobowale we all know today.
“So putting on weight was one of the steps I took. Not exactly the same size as Aunty Sola, but a size that makes her more easily recognizable and more easily conceivable that I could have morphed into her present size at her current age.
“I also strained and lost my voice on purpose so I could have the same husky tone to my voice that Aunty Sola has. A lot of people thought my voice was digitized to make me sound like her, but it was wasn’t, I just trained my voice to sound like hers.”
She however, revealed that she spent two months ”doing nothing else but studying Sola Sobowale”.
“I refused other work so I wouldn’t have to go out of character and stay focused”
To singer Skuki, any woman who calls herself a king is weak. To him, a Queen is good for a woman because it denotes power and composure. Well, Nollywood actress, Toni Tones doesn’t buy his thoughts. She openly told him to mind his business and stop policing women. In her words, women can call themselves anything they want.
Read their posts below:
Singer Skuki replied her with other critics. He wrote:
Replying to my last post about ‘WOMEN WHO CALL THEMSELVES KINGS’ some people commented:
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COMMENT 1: If a woman has been through hell, and she feels she has completed a masculine feat, then she is free to call herself KING”
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MY RESPONSE: The fact that you feel you must compare your STRENGTH to that of a man, before it can be SEEN as ‘strength’ shows your lack of faith in your feminine powers
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With this contradicting-mentality, you BETRAY your gender, more than you stand for it.
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COMMENT 2: Some men call themselves lions, just to show they are strong. So there’s nothing wrong with a woman calling herself KING, just to show she’s strong
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MY RESPONSE: As a man it’s flattering that you compare yourself to us, just to feel strong. Thank you!
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But I hope you know with your statement, you have totally de-valued the unique strength of QUEENS
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I don’t know who did this to you, but this way-of-thinking, oozes of inferiority complex.
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When a man describes himself as a lion, he speaks STRICTLY in terms of physical strength, and in that case he AGREES that the lion is ONLY physically-stronger.
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So are you saying you agree that men are more powerful than women?
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What are you representing exactly?
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You want EQUALITY OF THE SEXES to be a reality, yet you’re denouncing your reality as a woman, to fight for the reality-of-women ????????
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Maybe you don’t realize it, but YOU HAVE DECAMPED!… lol.
You have simply joined the men, and now YOU’RE FIGHTING WOMANHOOD
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#THECODE #PGGC
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At the movie premiere of Toni Tones movie, June, the belle dazzled in a ball gown and a princess Cinderella ponytail. Check out her look.
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