The Palace, a television series from the stables of Divine Touch Productions Limited has brought back, Nollywood’s darling, Liz Benson and a couple of celebrities.
The anticipated return of Nollywood’s veteran actress, Liz Benson-Ameye has attracted a lot of attention from her fans.
Her majestic entry is emphasized by her costumes and appearance. Credit for this goes to award-winning costumier, Chiemela Nwagboso who single-handedly designed the whole outfit.
Last year’s Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards winner, Chiemela Nwagboso is leaving no stone unturned, as he is consistently upgrading his skill. Liz Benson showered encomium on make-up artiste, Eze Oge. Further on the makeup, In her words: “It’s been a while since I played this kind of role. Trying to fit myself into the role is a challenge. The major challenge was making me up. The makeup aspect wasn’t easy. They tried to make me look like a real princess, and it was an everyday thing. The makeup that took almost an hour each day to fix. For characterization, it’s just like every other movie I’ve acted in the past.”
Head of the production crew, Kingsley Okereke said storyline is a marriage between true-life and imagination.
It divulges the story of a king who married but got betrayed by the wife whom he had so much love and trust in. After battling with the emotional upset, he bounced back but developed a hatred for women.
According to Yul Edochie. The Palace is the first film on royalty to be rolled in Nigeria. He said, “I don’t think I’ve seen a television series with royal settings before, especially in Nigeria. And again, the storyline is wonderful. Also, the cast, they are awesome. Here, we have the great Liz Benson, Obi Okolie, I and host of others. Production wise, everything is awesome. The costume is excellent. We shot with good cameras, and everything is high, even as we made progress,” he enthused.
Zara, a character played by, Uju Okolie is the one surrounded with all the intrigues that keeps the plots alive. According to Uju Okolie, “it was actually tough and challenging. It’s one of the biggest jobs I’ve ever been into. And here again, it got so tough because we were doing two things at the same time; like doing the English and Igbo versions at the same time.”
The director, Chidi Anyanwu this it is best yet. He said: “The storyline is on point. We assembled the best of Nollywood. We had the old and young, and they are all great artistes. I know we’ve done a good job. Movie making has always come with its own challenges, and this one is not an exception. We have a royal movie. The location was challenging. We couldn’t get all that we wanted in one location. We had to visit different places and then merged them as one.”
source: This day
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