‘President Fitzgerald’ of Scandal TV series in Nairobi for new movie
Former lead actor in the Scandal TV series Tony Goldwyn is in town.
‘President Fitzgerald Grant’ visited the country alongside Hollywood writer Jamal Joseph to deliberate on the production of a Kenyan film.
Goldwyn on Monday held a meeting with the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) chief executive Ezekiel Mutua where he expressed optimism that the Kenyan movie would be filmed in Nairobi.
The movie is based on the true love story of the founders of the non-governmental organisation Shofco Kennedy Odede and his wife Jessica Posner that is documented in their book ‘Find Me Unafraid’.
EXCITED KENYANS
The arrival of Goldwyn who co-stars in Scandal with Olivia Pope, real name Kerry Washington, excited Kenyans online who dubbed it a boost to Kenya’s film industry.
The star was treated to some Kenyan tea for breakfast along with some bananas at the film board’s offices.
@DonnaOwiti wondered; “Haiya President Fitz is around?”
@lunduluvai tweeted; “You know big things are coming when you see Fitzgerald of scandal Tv series in Kenya.”
@Boncrazy1 wrote; “Kenya has the potential of shooting Oscar award-winning movies.”
@kasukubg stated; “Thank you Ex-POTUS @tonygoldwyn for committing to shoot ‘Find Me Unafraid’ by @KennedyOdede and @JessRPosner in Kenya. This is truly our story and should be done in Kenya.”
#HollywoodStarsAtKFCB @EzekielMutua ; Kenya shares deep bilateral ties with the United States and we feel greatly honoured to host Tony and Jamal just days to the visit by former US President Barack Obama pic.twitter.com/b21aQP6FMm
— KFCB (@InfoKfcb) July 2, 2018
#HollywoodStarsAtKFCB @EzekielMutua ; KFCB is delighted to host these two Hollywood stars and to support their decision to make the film on Kennedy and Jessica's love story here in Kenya. pic.twitter.com/WR9dSb1FGw
— KFCB (@InfoKfcb) July 2, 2018