Fresh-faced actor Ramsey Nouah has finally responded to those jovially begging him not to remake classic movie anymore after his stint with Living in Bondage: Breaking Free and RattleSnake: The Ahanna Story
Here’s how he responded to the admonition in a fresh interview with the Guardian.
Snagging two nominations in the ‘Best Overall Movie’ and ‘Best Director (Movie)’ categories at the 2022 AMVCA awards, with his notable remake of “Rattlesnake,” Ramsey describes the feeling as “really good,”
All that effort and sacrifice for making that film was all worth it, and AMVCA made sure of that.”
Reflecting on his previous win as Best Director for “Living In Bondage” in 2020, he tells us a little secret; he was really nervous about winning.
I was feeling a little jittery, he admits, and while he couldn’t make it due to a production schedule at the time, he was ‘clutching the edge’ of his seat, looking over and over at the nominees and wondering,” how to go about it.”
You know the shivers that run down your spine when cold water is poured on you? Well, that’s exactly how winning felt for him.
“It’s more like when they pour you cold water, and you breathe out like ‘aah!’ cause the tension was pretty high.”
Recognising that winning was not a one-person job, his team also played a huge role in contributing to the success of “Living In Bondage”, “without them, I don’t think Living In Bondage would have been that much of a great success.”
He also admits that many people advised him to forget about remaking the classic film, “no go spoil am for us.”
Watching both films, viewers would undoubtedly notice the great attention to detail included in them. For one, the message behind the films were not lost, and in some way, they managed to act as a continuation of their originals while also maintaining their individuality.
This was not by chance but rather a conscious effort by Ramsey and his team to maintain the elements of each body of work they produce.
He says, “I strongly believe in details, but all the extra effort, not just the shebang that you see.”
For new filmmakers, he leaves his final words as “put the extra effort in details, I think with that we can make a breakthrough.”
