Reverend Father Deferred, Psalm Adjetefio Bemoans Lack Of Movie Roles

Psalm Adjetefio popularly known as T.T from his role in the hilarious Ghanaian TV sitcom, ‘Taxi Driver’ has revealed that he should have been a Reverend Father 30 years ago. According to the veteran actor, he had wanted to be a Reverend Father but had difficulties in comprehending some of the doctrines and so he had to give up.

He became a household name when he featured in ‘Taxi Driver’ alongside Mikki Osei Berko (Master Richard), George Quaye (Aboagye) and others. Recounting how he got into acting, he remembered when he was invited by Emmanuel Appea to star in a movie after a recommendation by a very good friend who saw his ability to interpret characters very well and that landed him that role. He admits that he was paid 50ghc equivalent back then for his role.

According to him, that money could change one’s life at the time but was refused that amount. Emmanuel Appea the producer offered to pay him an equivalent of 30ghc instead of the proposed 50ghc. The producer said that Psalm was not well known even though he had featured in a couple movies at the time. He accepted and shot the movie but after the shoot, the producer was satisfied by the level of performance Psalm put up. Emmanuel Appea personally drove to Psalm’s house to congratulate him for the job and also apologized for the fact that he was cheated considering his performance.

According to Psalm, the producer assured him of bigger payments in their subsequent projects which never came to pass. After this Psalm was offered another job by Emmanuel and that was when he was invited to shoot ‘Taxi Driver’. Speaking on the movie industry, he wasn’t happy about the way some old names in the industry have been neglected by producers. He described the situation as very unfortunate.

He also spoke passionately on the caliber of movies produced currently. He believes that “…morality should be our priority because whatever we leave for the younger generation would be the object of discussion and posterity will judge of all us if we don’t do things well.” Psalm has featured in countless number of movies and can now be seen in the new Socrate Safo movie, ‘Adults Only’. Psalm believes he still has the ability to act and hopes that this new movie would pave the way for other producers to call on him for other roles.

Although he complained that he hasn’t been paid much for featuring in movies, he believes he is happy when people see him and recognize him as one who can put smiles on their face through acting.  He comments, “If a person is under stress or pain and he sees me and laughs, I think by putting smiles on the person’s face itself is medically good and I am happy when things like that happens”.