“I will be honored to direct” ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson’ movie: Ivan Quashigah.

‘Things we do for love’ director, Ivan Quashigah has disclosed his interest in directing a movie made from Yvonne Nelson’s memoir.

The ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson’ book written by prolific actress Yvonne Nelson has generated a lot of controversies through out the media and the entertainment space. This can be attributed to the unexpected revelations made in the book, from celebrities to politicians.

In an interview at Hitz FM, award-winning director Ivan Quashigah had only positive things to say about Yvonne Nelson. He touched on their first meeting after Yvonne came out of the Miss Ghana contest.

The ‘Yolo’ director mentioned how he knew Yvonne will come out successful upon their initial meetings. He added that, the talented actress has indeed developed and grown exponentially through out the years.

“I am not surprised because when I first met Yvonne, right after she did the Miss Ghana competition, and I was looking for stars for ‘Fortune Island’, my self produced Television series, I saw something in her, she actually rapped during the casting and she did a lot of things that made me see that she has several facets to herself and I knew that she was not only going to become a great actress, but she will do so many other things and this is one of those things and I’m very proud about what I’m seeing today,”

Ivan Quashigah

Touching on Yvonne Nelson’s book which has been trending for some days now, Ivan Quashigah mentioned how delighted it will be for him to direct a movie made out of the book.

“Already, I was speaking with George Quaye when he said that he would like to put it on stage and I think that it’s something that we have to consider putting unto the screens as well and I will be honored to direct it,”

Ivan Quashigah

The book ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson’ contains a lot of plots that can generate an unending series. This would be the kind of movie that will set records by filling movie cinemas to capacity. We can wait to hear of plans to turn this book into a movie.

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Akunye Michael is Managing Editor of themovietrain.com. He is also a film critic, script writer, director and a digital marketing consultant. He has acquired several years of writing contents for Chaels Media rebranded as The Movie Train as well as providing digital marketing services to firms.

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