Jimmy Odukoya, son of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya and his first wife, Bimbo Odukoya has revealed how he would navigate between being a Pastor and his initial profession as an actor.
Jimmy, a notable Netflix actor was on Sunday, September 17 announced as his late father’s successor as Lead Pastor of the Fountain of Life Church (TFOLC).
The Church’s founder, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, d!ed on August 7, 2023, in the United States at the age of 67.
However, Jimmy, who has now succeeded his late father as the new spiritual leader of the church, once said that being a pastor doesn’t affect his acting career.
In January 2021, while speaking during an Instagram Live interview with actress and presenter, Iretiola Doyle, Jimmy said he doesn’t bother playing the role of an antagonist in movies as far as it aligns with his worldview.
The heir of the Odukoya, who insisted that acting and being a pastor are two different things, said there is no such thing as being a Christian actor, as coined by some people.
According to him, he would play any role as an actor as far as people can learn from it.
“How does being a pastor affect my acting career? I don’t believe it; some people have different opinions, one is if I am an actor, I should be a Christian actor, and I say there is no such thing.
“There is no such thing as a Christian banker, a Christian doctor, a Christian accountant or a gynaecologist. An accountant is an accountant, and an actor is an actor. Because I am a Christian and an actor, that means I have a particular worldview,” the star of Netflix’s Woman King movie said during the said interview.
“In what I do as a person when I am given a role, I ask myself, ‘does this align with my worldview? Can a lesson be learnt from this story?’ If the answer is yes, then I am happy to do it. It does not mean that I have to be a good guy; I am happy to be the antagonist as long as people can learn from it,” Daily Trust quoted Jimmy as saying.
Jimmy started his acting career in 2016 after featuring in Baby Shower.
He has been nominated for the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) in the “Best Supporting Actor of the Year” category.
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