Leila Djansi could be my breakthrough - Kay Elliott
By Martha Teiko
Daitey and Eyra Doe
Ghanaian born actor K Elliott in
Yvonne Nelson’s “Single and Married” has penned the director cum scriptwriter
as the possible bearer of his breakthrough to Hollywood in his budding life in the
Ghanaian Movie Industry.
Elliott also named Leila Djansi
as his dream director “She has it, she is very professional, her movies go far,
she is just the director I would love to work with.” He added however that his ultimate
dream is to be in Hollywood.
Apart from Leila Djansi, Kay
expressed his gratitude to his brother Mallon Kwabena Bartels of Barco Studios
and Yvonne Nelson for unearthing his acting skills. “Yvonne Nelson was my
breakthrough. Giving all that people are saying and the rumours, she has made
up her mind to do one thing and she has remained focused on it, and I believe
that will take her and her talents very far.”
The actor went on to express his
gratitude to the producer stating that his role in the movie really made people
recognize his talent “My friends and family have always been on my case to be
an actor, but I didn’t have any interest in it, until 3 years ago when I had a
call from my friend Yvonne Nelson.
She asked that I audition for a role in her movie
Single and Married, I did, got picked and now I am booked till January 2015,
and I tell you her Single, Married and Complicated is going to be a big thing”
he revealed.
The Graphic
Designer/Entrepreneur/Model/Actor entered the Ghanaian movie industry about two
years ago and has since rubbed shoulders with the likes of Chris Attoh, Nadia
Buari and Anita Erskine, a situation he described as very challenging. “My
debut role was challenging because there were the big shots, but once I was
there I felt I also had something to offer and had to join them so I worked
hard behind the scenes to be at par with them and I enjoyed it.”
Elliot is up for challenges but
loves to focus on one thing at a time. As such, the actor has currently put on
hold, MK Solutions; his ad consultancy firm, to enable him give all his attention
to the movies he is currently shooting. He is also taking up radio hosting
lessons from Caroline Sampson of YFM.
He however revealed to The
General Telegraph that he is yet to act his challenging role “a serial killer”.
“My most challenging role so far has been playing Elvis in “Heartbreak Hotel”
on TV3. Elvis is a James Brown fanatic so he incorporates his dance moves
whenever he gets the chance to entertain an audience. At the same time Elvis is
in a love triangle.
Speaking about the most challenging
role he would love to play, Kay says I would love to play a serial killer
sometime. I wonder what goes on in their minds and how they manage not to be
spotted. I wonder how they juggle being a psychopath and being normal.
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| Kay and Yvonne after the premiere of "Single&Married |
Unfortunately, he has always been
typecast as the player or married man in most of his movies, but yet to be
challenged into other characters than that, “I think it’s just because I look
the type but I would love to do some other roles, like a psychopath to know how
they think and conceive their ideas, a doctor or someone with a life
threatening disease like cancer just to inspire them to hold on and others
around them”.
After starring in Single and
Married, K has featured in five more movies, (Purple Rose, Devil In a Dress,
Love Regardless, If You Were Mine, Cheaters) 4 movie series and still counting
more to his credit. I am very picky when it comes to roles and scripts, I read,
know my character and I look at the production crew. I believe that because I
started with the top notch, I should maintain myself there, so am very picky
which accounts for the fewer movies I have done so far.”
On settling down as a celebrity,
and the perception on the subject? “Whoever you are, there is always someone
out there for you but people think actors are very peculiar, they are unstable,
always out, having affairs on set. Acting is just the person’s job and we are
really done after the set. Most of us have wives and girlfriends. Partners who
understand that we are and what we do on set its just business.”
The friendly, well spoken,
opinionated gentleman is the last of two children and is known by close friends
as a “Mama Bee”. He schooled at Tema SOS, did Junior High at the Akosombo International
School and continued at Mfantsipim, but left in the second year to the UK.
There he studied HND Graphic Designing in college and continued to the
University where he gained a degree in Graphic Designing and Digital Media, worked
with Sky News for a year as well as Saachi and Saachi in East London.
The Denzel Washington inspired
actor has an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for neatness, is a fetish for
neat female feet but hates his own toes. “Am ‘always’ in socks because I don’t
like my toes. When asked if he was in a relationship Elliot stated “Am very
single, not married and not complicated. He closes his interview saying my
future Mrs. Kay Elliot should just be able to stimulate him mentally.
For fans of kay, he can be
reached on the following social media handles:
@realkwekuelliott: Twitter / @ realkayelliott: Instagram / Kay Elliot:
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