For years, Ebenezer Akwasi Antwi struggled to break free from the same narrow roles on screen, but a bold switch during the COVID-19 pandemic flipped the script, turning doubt into a defining moment in his rise as a comedy force.
Speaking on 3Music TV, he revisited his early days on set, where opportunities were limited and typecasting was the norm. Directors, he explained, often saw him as either muscle for gangster roles or a background presence, leaving little space to stretch his craft.
“I was always given roles as a gangster or a side role. I was always looking for a chance to get a bigger role. But the directors were always giving me such roles, and I couldn’t say no because it was very difficult to appear on screen in those days. So any role I was given, I took and I played it well,” he said.
That phase stretched on until the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, which became an unlikely turning point. With traditional film production slowed, he pivoted to creating short comedy skits for online audiences. Around the same time, he shed his signature dreadlocks for a low cut, a visual reset that signalled something new.
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The shift unsettled people close to him. As his content began to circulate, whispers followed, and concern grew among family and friends who struggled to understand the sudden change.
“When I started making skits, some people told my family I had finally gone mad,” he recalled.
What started as doubt eventually gave way to traction. His videos found an audience, his delivery clicked, and the same platforms that once carried uncertainty began amplifying his rise. The rebrand stuck, and with it came a new identity that resonated far beyond his earlier roles.
Reflecting on his journey, he tagged the transition as a matter of timing rather than chance, grounded in patience and belief.
“There’s time for everything. Switching from playing gangster roles to comedy roles happened at the right time. In God’s time, he would make things work,” he said.
