Niyi Akinmolayan shares how pregnant Toyin Abraham got her part in Elevator Baby

It is the stuff made in Hollywood, er, we mean Nollywood.

Filmmaker Niyi Akinmolayan has shared how he contacted Toyin Abraham to star in his upcoming film, Elevator Baby, in which her character plays a heavily pregnant woman Abigail Kuforiji, who went into labour while on an elevator.

Fun fact!

Niyi was totally unaware that Toyin who put to bed last week was heavy with her first child, a boy, whose name has not been publicly disclosed.

Toyin’s pregnancy was a well-kept secret, known only to select trusted friends and family members. It was only after she put to bed that the public gets to know about it. Yes, even we were sceptical of the news as seen by the manner of our reporting it.

Well now that there is no longer a need to keep the secret, filmmaker Niyi Akinmolayan has shared he didn’t know Toyin Abraham was pregnant when he offered her the role. According to Niyi, Toyin called him and was asking about her he got to know she was pregnant. It wasn’t until upon the realisation that Niyi was in the dark that the actress accepted the role.

Niyi explains they agreed to keep her secret and to only release the teasers after the birth of her child. He also revealed they had a nurse and a vehicle on set and that Toyin’s husband, Kolawole Ajeyemi, was very supportive throughout. “Strong woman,” Niyi calls Toyin Abraham, “She’s definitely on my top list of actors to always work with.”

The filmmaker ends the post with a congratulation from the “Elevatorbaby crew.”

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“This woman @toyin_abraham is one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life. We knew we wanted her for the #elevatorbaby role but I wasn’t even sure she would be available and be willing to work with a new young director. But I liked her previous stuff so I reached out and shared the idea.

“Now This was the fun part. She called me immediately and said…uncle Niyi…who told you. I said who told me what…she said don’t lie who told you. I thought maybe I had messed things up. And started apologizing. Next, she said…wait…so you don’t know I’m actually about 7 months pregnant. I was silent for a while. Didn’t know what to say. Eventually, I said..wow…oh wow. This could go either way. We can go with the flow or she can totally turn us down. I didn’t know what to say. Next thing she said was. “This is how the Lord works. I will do it.

“I was both scared and excited so I promised we would keep it a big secret and only post the teaser after she had announced her baby. We got a nurse and a standby vehicle on set throughout and her husband @kolawoleajeyemi was so fantastic in helping her during the film (great guy). Toyin was such a delight to work with. She gave everything to make the pregnant character work. And when I mean everything I mean slams falls and all. We were the ones worried even @_timini was concerned. She, on the other hand, was just having fun. Strong woman. She’s definitely on my top list of actors to always work with. Congratulations once again Toyin from the Elevatorbaby crew. Our baby is finally here.