Last year seemed to be made for Somkele Idahlamah, as she starred in many movies, including ’93 Days’ and ‘The Wedding Party.”
The mother of one, who is also a lead act in a new movie, ‘The Guest,’ told The Point that putting her heart in all she does is what has helped to stand her out of the pack.
In ‘The Guest,’ she plays the wife of a man, who cheated on her with a friend she housed. But, according to her, if that happens in reality, she would never fight over a cheating husband.
She said, “If the same thing in the movie happens to me in real life, I would just carry my load and go. I feel human beings are just naturally selfish. In that situation, there is actually nothing to prompt him (her husband in the movie) to do what he did. There were no issues or fight. It only played out that I was busy or tired for sex, but those were only a couple of time.
The movie did not really expand on it that it was a serious issue. We actually had a good relationship.” Different from her subtle role in the movie, she said she was a confrontational person by nature, though she would hardly be caught fighting.
She, however, added that if she had certain issues worth talking about, she would speak out. While advising unmarried ladies to always take their time before commitment, she stated that she had always wanted to settle down before fame and God made it so for her.
She got married in May 2014 and gave birth in October 2014. “I did take my time before I married. I have always wanted to be settled before going into my career. It is more or less a strategic work and as God would have it, I was married before my career shot out.
I was actually pregnant during the shooting of ‘The Guest,’” she said. For the biochemistry graduate of McMaster University, it will be hard to sacrifice her career for marriage, because the man knew she was ambitious before they got married.
For that reason, she does not understand why her ambition would suddenly become a problem. “You have to understand who you are married to or your marriage. There is always a bit of you wanting your career over marriage. But before you get married to me, I am sure you were attracted to my ambition.
I think he should be more supportive as opposed to using it against me. I feel as a unit, you both can come together to make things work.”
