Days after the name of Funke Akindele miraculously appeared on the cast list of upcoming international film Avengers, Nigerians took to social media in excitement to congratulate her for the alleged role in the film before checks revealed that the story was a hoax and that a hacker put her name on the list.
While many were still reacting to the report, it was discovered that another actress Genevieve Nnaji’s name had suddenly appeared on the cast list. In fact, her name replaced that of Funke Akindele. A few hours later checks revealed that Genevieve’s name has also disappeared from the cast list posted on movie site IMDb.com.
There has been no ‘official explanation’ as to why the names of these Nigerian stars appeared on the actors list of the much anticipated film.
Meanwhile, controversial media personality, Daddy Freeze, and Actress Tonto Dikeh have reacted to report that popular actress, Funke Akindele’s name has been removed from the cast list of coming superhero movie, Avengers: Infinity War.
Reacting to the news,Freeze and Tonto Dikeh expressed disappointments that Funke’s name was removed. They prayed that the incident paves way for her in the international scene.
Freeze wrote: ”Apparently, Funke Akindele was not billed to be a part of the latest #Avengers Infinity. The latest gist is that her pic was put there by a hacker.
”If only Marvel studios knew what the hacker had done for them, they would have found him paid him and quickly contacted @funkejenifaakindele, found a role for her, shot her along with the cast and with the publicity and sales in Africa alone, possibly doubled their income.
”I was heart broken when I saw that she was taken off the list.”
Similarly, Tonto Dikeh wrote,”Sad, well,she is our star and we love her regardless…it will happen, this just paved the way. I sense it.”
