Sweet Mimi Refuses To Kiss Actor On Movie Set, Movie Director Angered In Video

• Budding actress Janet Brefo Yankson, aka Sweet Mimi, went viral on social media after refusing to kiss her lover in an upcoming movie
• The movie director flared up and lashed out at her for not being romantic in the scene, and this got the other actors and crew to interfere and calm hot tempers
• Many people shared their views on the viral video as they debated who was in the wrong: Sweet Mimi or the movie director
• Filmmaker Kafui Danku spoke to YEN.com.gh about romantic scenes in movies and the role of movie directors in ensuring actors play their roles well

Budding actress Janet Brefo Yankson, aka Sweet Mimi, went viral after a video of her refusing to kiss an actor on set surfaced online.

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Movie producer blasts Sweet Mimi

In the Ghanaian movie, Sweet Mimi and her lover stood outside, in the walkway of a compound house, as they conversed and expressed their love for each other.

When they concluded their discourse, they hugged it out. However, the movie director approached them and told them to kiss after they hugged. The movie director then told them to retake that scene.

The scene was shot again, and Sweet Mimi failed to abide by the directives of the director, who then walked to them and expressed his frustrations.

The star actress of the A Country Called Ghana movie responded by saying that she could not kiss the actor but would not mind playing any other role in the movie.

This resulted in a shouting match on set, and other actors and crew involved in the movie jumped in to calm the movie director, who was ranting about Sweet Mimi's behaviour.

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The Sweet Mimi and movie director saga.

Reactions to the video

Many people were unhappy about the movie director's actions after Sweet Mimi refused to kiss in the movie, while some called her out for not reading the script and being abreast with what was demanded of her for that role.

Others also admired her calm demeanour as the movie director expressed his anger towards her. Below are the reactions of Ghanaians to the viral video:

Akosua❤️🧿Fair said:

"Is it by force for her to kiss or will the kiss promote the movie 😏😏😏"

🇬🇭ALPHA🦅🥹 said:

"I think MIMI is dating the guy sitting there holding the phone 😂😂😂"

HisRoyalMajestyAkwasiforeigner said:

"My question is did they give MIMI the script before????"

✫✫𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐇✫✫ said:

"Eeeeeee Mimi wow) abotre3 paaa ooo boie ah 😢"

nana Amponsem said:

"look at the girl she fool waa you know the kiss is part of the script and u decided to collect his money"

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IKS ⚡⚡⚡ said:

"If it was Toosweet Anang..She would have kiss but Ogyam deɛ ɔntumi😅😂😂

Kafui Danku speaks on romantic scenes in movies

In an exclusive interview with YEN.com.gh, Kafui Danku spoke about how romantic scenes are played and the involvement of movie directors in such scenes.

She said it depends on the director's interpretation of such intense scenes for actors on a movie set.

She said that if actors do not feel comfortable kissing to tell their love story, there are other ways the story could be told to make it more believable.

"It'll depend on the director's way of interpretation. For versatile directors, they can always find a way out to tell the story and also make the actors comfortable."

Explaining further, she said that it all depends on how movie directors interpret the script on a movie set.

"Well, it all depends. Different directors will interpret the same script differently and it works most times."

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Funny Face recounts kissing Jackie Appiah

YEN.com.gh reported that comedian Funny Face recounted the first time he kissed actress Jackie Appiah in a movie in which they acted as a married couple.

In a video he posted on his X account, he said he forgot the lines in his script after the kiss and he encouraged his fervent fans never to forget that memorable moment.

The video got many people laughing hard, while others asked about the release date and title of the movie.

Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh