Nollywood actress Adunni Ade has revealed that she was once turned down for a movie role because of how she looks.

In an interview with actress and television host Bisola Aiyeola, the light-skinned actress disclosed when she attended a movie audition, the producer told her she could not be given the role although she qualified because she is “too sexy”.

According to her, she was not dressed in any sexy way but rather was wearing something very official with no heels but she was classified as being too sexy for the role.

In her words, she said: ” I hardly attend auditions for personal reasons but I attended one and I was sure I killed it but the director sitting right there said no that I look too sexy for that character even though I was dressed for that character.

“I didn’t have on high heels, my outfit was like a secretary and I was supposed to be best friends with the boss of the firm and he wasn’t convinced, he said oh I’m taller than the boss and that was a problem for him.

“So he had me take off my shoes for the second time, we did the reading again and it was even better than the first time. In my mind, I was like ‘yea I gat this’ based on talent not looks but I got a call back saying no that the person who had contacted me said she was outnumbered and they went with the more obvious reason, the shorter person.”