BY JULIET EBIRIM

Nollywood golden boy, Mike Ezuruonye is currently at loggerheads with popular film producer and director, Teco Benson. The two Nollywood giants fell apart because the former allegedly aba

ndoned the set of the latter’s new film titled, ‘Centrifugal Force’, causing a delay in the completion of the production.

But  in a swift reaction, Ezuruonye who has been one of the top actors in the country in the last few years claimed that he left the set because he was ill and needed to take care of himself.  However, Teco said, the handsome actor has refused to return to set.

Irked by Mike’s action, the popular director reportedly described Ezuruonye’s action as ‘unprofessional’, insisting that his absence has caused him loss of money as he had to pay for equipment and props he could not utilize.

According to Teco Benson, “Right now, we have some hiccups in the production (Centrifugal Force), because of the unprofessional conduct by one of the guys playing a lead role. So, we are just waiting to tidy up so that we can release it…”

Meanwhile the Abia born actor, Mike, has replied Teco, refuting the fact that he deliberately absconded from the set.“That’s a big, fat lie. Nothing like that happened. I was ill and had blisters on my mouth.

When they are ready to shoot, they will shoot. But the truth is just that they’ve not been able to get everybody to shoot. I don’t have any problem with them. In fact, my manager has been talking to Teco,”, he said.