Irene Opare
Veteran actress, Irene Opare, says most of the kissing scenes she has performed in movies were not real.
According to the actress, nearly all such scenes in her more than 45-year acting career were achieved through camera tricks and filming techniques.
Speaking on Showbiz 360 on March 6, Opare explained that what viewers see on screen is often an illusion carefully created by directors and cinematographers.
“People think we kiss for real in movies, but we don’t,” she said, adding that about 99 per cent of the kissing scenes she has acted in were not genuine.
She explained that filmmakers often rely on camera angles, head movements and editing to make it appear as though actors are kissing.
“For me, about 99 per cent of my kissing scenes are not real because there is always a camera trick. You put the lips close together, the heads turn and it looks like they are kissing,” she said.
The actress, known for productions such as ‘Love or Something Like That’ and the television drama ‘Life and Living It’, said she shared the explanation to correct misconceptions among audiences who assume such scenes are always real.
But if 99 per cent of the kisses were not real, what exactly happened to the remaining one per cent?