Frank Rajah Arase, the director of most of Venus Films� movies, has described as �foolish and stupid� an alleged fracas between him and new actress Brenda Osei Bonsu.
The two, according to signals picked by NEWS-ONE, are on a war path. This was after Frank stripped Brenda off a role she was playing in Venus� movie �Material Girls� and gave it to fellow actress Suraya Mensah.
The reason, unconfirmed sources alleged, has some romantic undertones. According to a source, Frank made advances at Brenda but the pretty actress turned them down, following which he decided to take the role from her in the middle of shooting �Material Girls�. But Frank has denied this flatly. He said as a director, it would be silly for him to do that.
�That will be foolish, and childish. It is the most stupid thing anybody can do on the face of this world. If I want to go out with somebody and she didn�t allow me, then I take her off the set because of that? That means I am exposing myself.�
He said while they were shooting that movie, Brenda showed an attitude he Frank didn�t find friendly, following which he decided to take her off. �She wants to probably believe that because she is a friend of Abdul Salam, she�s got the mouth to talk but I had to ask her to leave the set. I told the production that I am done with her.� According to him, the actress has never been his friend as it is being alleged.
Frank Raja Has Denied The Allegation Flatly
�We�ve never been friends, we are never related. There is no problem about it. She is an artiste and I fight or quarrel with my artistes everyday on set. But immediately we leave set, we wipe it off. There is no artiste that I have worked with that we haven�t had problems,� he noted.
Brenda however would not talk about the intricacies of what went wrong between her and Frank when contacted. Even though she confirmed she could not complete her role in �Material Girls�, Brenda said she does not want to open up old wounds. Instead, she referred the paper�s reporter to Venus Films� CEO to find out from him.
She said Venus Films could give a better insight into why she was taken off the movie. She, however, confirmed she had since not been talking to the director. �I have not seen him in a very long time. But the last I saw him was at the press premiere of �Prince�s Bride�, we didn�t talk. I have not met him till date,� she disclosed.
Source: News One
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