Legendary Nollywood actor, Olu Jacobs is no doubt one of the most influential African actors of this generation. The role interpreter who is married to veteran actress, Joke Silva has revealed how he met and fell in love with his wife.
Olu Jacobs who was trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London said he met her in Nigeria when he was invited by the National Theatre to play the lead role in The Trials of Bro Jero.
According to him: “I was invited to come and do a play in Nigeria by the National Theatre. I was living in England at that time. I was to play lead in Wole Soyinka’s The Trials of Brother Jero. We were having the production when the door opened and this lady walked in and said sorry, we are ready. When she walked in I said excuse me ladies and gentlemen, this is the lady I am going to marry. You know bodies can attract and bodies can repel. I saw her and I was attracted. I am not an impulsive person. I did not just say come. I had to struggle to get her. She was stunned even though she gave me up and down” he told The Sun.
When asked to share the secret behind the success of their union, he said: “ It is the grace of God. And you must learn to be patient and above all, learn to be friends. She is your friend, your lover; she is not your slave. You don’t do that to a woman. You don’t intimidate her. If she is your friend, you will be tender. When a friend is involved you are tender”.