Mercy Johnson speaks on why she loves Genevieve Nnaji

Mercy Johnson has spoken once again of her
love for actress Genevieve Nnaji, who she says
is her role model. Speaking with City People

magazine, Mercy Johnson said she adores
Genevieve and doesn't know what she can do
that will be better than what Genevieve has
done in the movie industry
"I think I have one of the best role
models ever. I like Genevieve like crazy. I
started watching her movies from the
onset but I didn't want to be Genevieve,
I wanted to be Mercy with the motivation
that a Genevieve could give me. So I
watched lots of movies. I don't play with
her movies. I don't know what I can do
that will be better than what she has
done. But I just try to improve on it, try
to do it the way she will do it and perhaps
even better to my own level. I practice
like all the time. It is like a passion. It is
just where I want to be. I am alive and I
am in my space. It was paramount to
perfect that space. I need everything. I
watch everything. Nothing passes me by. I
watch newscasters reading there news
and after they are done, I sit down the
way they do and read the news like that.
So it is practice and Passion." she said.
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Mercy went further to say that her love for
Genevieve has never been hypocritical.
"It was never a hypocritical kind of love or
likeness. It was plain. I didn't even
ever think I will become close to her. It is
like I can meet her anytime I want to".
On how she felt when she first met Genevieve
Nnaji;
"Ahh! The first time I met her, my friend
took me there. When we got to where she
was, I became nervous. I told my friend
"no, let me hide in your boot". And I did.
I got into her boot. Can you imagine I
came to see her and when I got there, I
wanted to run back. I jumped into my
friend's boot. So when she came out of
the hotel, I could not see her, I could only
hear her voice. The 2nd time I saw her
was on set. When she came down and I
met her, she said" "Ahh! Mercy, I like
your movies" and I started crying. I was in
tears of joy. I said "Aunty Genny, so you
watch my movies?". She was sort of
embarrassed. Before I met her, she had
already known that there was somebody
who was crazily insane about her. She
was really nice to me, receptive. And
even whenever we work together, she will
correct me and say, that thing you did,
you could have done it this way. Usually
in life, you will know somebody, who is
more than you. Give him or her that
respect. You can't fight a battle you can't
win. It does not make any sense. If
somebody is much more bigger than you,
there is nothing as big as you admitting it
and hearing it from that person. I didn't
come into the picture to compete with
anybody. I came to learn, do it well,
make it and be there" she said