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The aura around a movie actor’s personality could be bigger than always imagined. Screen personalities easily become so popular and loved that they now have so many things to deal with. One of such things to manage is the fans they amass as more and more movies starring them are produced. Then dealing with your audience/fans is also as delicate and herculean as the making of the movies themselves. If they fail to pamper fans, they may, just as fast as they had them, lose these sometimes fanatic supporters. Satisfying them is however the wise option.

It is this second option that award-wining Cameroonian actor, Kang Quintus has embraced as he moves into 2014. The USA-based artist has thus kicked off with what he has described as a New Year gift to his fans – an actor reel. The reel, a collection of some striking scenes in Kang’s 2014 movies was officially released in the early hours of January 1, 2014, immediately followed by reactions.

“Brilliant scenes there! Quintus is an actor I trust for his performance. He stays clued to the art he knows best and I think he’ll go places. The reel is so interest,” a Kang fan told us at press time.   Then, reacting on Facebook, one fan wrote: “An all-round actor who is dynamic, authoritative, disciplined and emotional…can play any character…”. More of such reactions have been flowing in since the video went public yesterday.

“This makes me feel wonderful, honoured and mentally prepared to give them my utmost best,” Kang told us.

But what prompted this video at this time? “The answer is simple and obvious Ernest! My fans! The support I got from these people last year was so amazing. To show my appreciation, I decided to compile some scenes from some of my 2013 movies,” the actor explained. He said further: “I would even love to do more, but for now, let my fans savour this.”

According to the initiator of this give-back video, it took him and the technical crew two weeks to package the bundle which he is dedicating to his fans, directors and producers including Akim Macauley, Gordon Che, Triump Abi Dominion and Elain Mambo.

The 11.52-minutes long reel is edited by Gordon Che and Claudio Oben and has Kang Quintus-led scenes extracted from Ekei (produced by Kang himself with Elain Mambo as executive {Christopher Okonkwo as D.O.P} and directed by Akim Macauley), Bait (produced by Ngozi Dytimi and directed by Gordon Che) and Deep Within (produced by Naomi Dominion with Christopher Okonkwo as D.O.P and directed by Abi Dominion).

Kang who doubles as producer has starred in several movies filmed in Belgium, Cameroon and the United States respectively. He is winner of several awards and is known for his unconditional passion for the seventh art. His drive has always been an admirable quality in his character.