Producers Demanded Sex Before Giving Me Roles – Yvonne Nelson

Actress Yvonne Nelson has revealed that some movie producers demanded sex before handing her a movie role.

According to her, the phenomenon is happening at an alarming rate in the Ghanaian movies industry, and further stated that she has never given in to such demands.

In an interview aired yesterday on BBC, she revealed
“It happens a lot in the industry. It’s quite a controversial question but you know I’ve met producers on production sets and they’ve tried to make a few advances here and there.”

The issue of producers demanding sex before handing some actresses roles is not a new phenomenon or reserved to Ghana alone.

Late last year, Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, also revealed a movie producer once requested to see her breast when she auditioned for a role.

Commenting on the allegations of sexual harassment against top Hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, the Ghanaian actress said such unfortunate occurrences are common in the film industry in Africa.

Yvonne Nelson, however, happens to be the second actress to have spoken on the same issue.

The current producer and CEO of YN Productions, urged ladies not to give in to any producer who makes such demands.

“My thing is that if somebody wants to do that, just walk away because I know my value, I know what I bring to the table, I know that hey, you called me for the job and I know I can nail it so if you know that you want something in exchange, I’m sorry,” she said.

Source: The Publisher