Lol! Will Mercy Johnson ever seize to amuse us? The
Nollywood screen goddess in a recent chat with a
soft sell magazine revealed how nervous she was on
her first encounter with Genevieve Nnaji that she
had to hide in a car boot, even though she came
there to see her.
"The first time I met her, my friend took me there.
When we got to where she was, I became nervous. I
told my friend "no let me hide in your boot." And I
did. I got into her boot.
(laughs) Can you imagine I came to see her and
when I got there I wanted to run back. I jumped
into my friends boot. So, when she came out of the
hotel, I could not see her, I could only hear her
voice.
The 2nd time I saw her was on set. When she came
down and I met her she said ahh! Mercy I like
your movies and I started crying. I was in tears of
joy. I said Aunty Genevieve, so you watch my
movies. She was sort of embarrassed.
Before I met her, she had already known that there
was somebody who was crazily insane about her.
She was really nice to me, receptive. And even
whenever we work together she will correct me
and say that thing you did, you could have done it
this way.
Usually, in life, you will know somebody, who is
more than you. Give him or her that respect. You
can't fight a battle you can't win. It does not make
any sense. If somebody is much more than you,
there is nothing as big as you admitting it, and
hearing from that person.
I didn't come into the picture to compete with
anybody. I didn't come into the picture to rub
shoulders or outshine anybody. I came to learn, do
it well, make it and be there.
