Sometimes when I cry in movies, it isn't the script that makes me cry' says Mercy Johnson in a new interview

She has inspired a lot of young women to strive hard in their careers with a successful amount of movies to her name, mercy Johnson has climbed the ladder to the most featured and highest paid actress in the nigerian industry. In a recent interview she talked about her journey to stardom and how Genevieve Nnaji inspired her to try out for a movie role.

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"Sometimes when I cry in movies, it isn't the script that makes me cry. When I recall my humble beginning, I give thanks to God. When I remember how we moved into an uncompleted building and had to take cover whenever it rained because of the condition of the house; how my brother did a menial job as a bricklayer to earn a living and those days when we rolled over a stick to cover the windows up till the point when I started acting and raised money to cover the roof… I recall those days we were living with lizards because the floor and the walls of the house were not plastered, or when I had scars as a result of my several falls." She disclosed.

                                                             

On her journey into acting

"After my secondary school education, I failed the University Matriculation Examination (UME) and came back to Lagos to get a degree. While that was on, I watched Genevieve Nnaji in a movie entitled: Sharon Stone.  I later approached a friend for assistance to feature in a movie. He said I had a great body and that I would make a good actress. He later took me to the National Theatre, but a role did not come until a year later, when I had my first lead role in a film entitled: The Maid. "