What I Did to Play ‘Nneka The Serpent’- Idia Aisien

Idia Aisien has revealed what she did to play lead role in the remake of Nollywood classic, Nneka The Serpent.

While speaking in a chat with ThisDay, she opened up about her experience as a first time actress.

The 29-year-old revealed that she it took several auditions, swimming lessons, an acting coach and Igbo tutor to pull off the character, “Nneka Agu“.

“It was far from easy. For months I had to train. I had to work out. I had to start taking classes on acting too and also had to teach myself how to swim because Nneka is supposed to be from the sea and then I started taking Igbo classes, they got me a coach; I started learning how to swim,” Idia Aisien said.

“I had to learn how to fight and so they had a fight coach, Uzi, who helped me out with that and a lot of things. So much has gone into creating the movie. Play Network really went all out with this production. So they had me really trained. It was pretty long but I really feel all the scenes were worth it. I have watched this movie now for about 15 times and I have enjoyed it every single time.”

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The film is a remake of the 1992 classic thriller directed by Zeb Ejiro and produced by Okechukwu Ogunjiofor.

It follows the story of an orphaned child who discovers her connection to the marine world and embarks on a battle of revenge.

Nneka The Serpent was directed by Tosin Igho and produced by Chris Odeh with Charles Okpaleke as Executive Producer alongside Ramsey Nouah as Co-producer.

Watch trailer below.