{"id":13312,"date":"2018-11-23T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T15:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13312"},"modified":"2018-11-24T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T15:48:22","slug":"ive-never-been-the-first-pick-for-a-role-lydia-forson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13312","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve never been the first pick for a role \u2013 Lydia Forson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lydia-forson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lydia-forson.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lydia-forson-410x292.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lydia-forson-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson today [Friday] on the\u00a0Citi Breakfast Show\u00a0revealed that she has never been the first pick when it comes to casting for a movie role.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning actress in an interview with Bernard Avle said she is mostly a replacement when it comes to a role to play in a movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is a secret about my career people don\u2019t know, I have never been the one who is picked. Half of the time I am a replacement, most of the time I am the one no one is thinking of,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lydia Forson said her first big role as an actress was because someone didn\u2019t show up and a replacement was needed.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that it doesn\u2019t bother her, because all that matters to her is to get a small opportunity to steal the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust open the door, all want is a tinny door, let me step in, I will barge in. Throughout my career, my first professional gig was because an actor had cancelled and they wanted a replacement, I went in and did my thing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her first movie role was a cameo in Hotel St. James in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>After that she took part in the Next Movie Star reality show in 2007 and emerged the third runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>Some movies she has starred in are Run Baby Run, Different Shades of Blue, Scorned, The Perfect Picture, Keteke, Side Chic Gang, among others.<\/p>\n<p>She recently won Best Supporting Actress Movie\/TV Series\u2019 for her role as Kukua in the movie for the \u2018Isoken\u2019 movie and Best Actress (comedy) at the Golden Movie Awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson today [Friday] on the\u00a0Citi Breakfast Show\u00a0revealed that she has never been the first pick when it comes to casting for a movie role. 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