SELINA ACTRESS ANGIE MAGIO TALKS BEING ATTACKED ONLINE FOR HER TV CHARACTER

Kenyan actress Angie Magio known for her Messina in popular TV series Selina did not expect to be brutality attacked on social media for her role.

The newest villain on the show revealed she has been called many things, among them “the devil.”

Her character Messina is a woman who’s hard to love: she describes her as “a go-getter who doesn’t care about anyone except herself a mother who will not think twice about sacrificing her children if it will benefit her.”

For Magio, the backlash isn’t surprising, especially for a character, “I expected the backlash from fans,” she says.

“Sometimes the comments can get to you but you have to push on because this is just acting. And I know that Angie is not like Messina; that is just a character that I have to play.”

However, she reveals that she was a bit scared when she joined cast because it was already a big show with a cast that already had a well-established relationship.

Having been featured in Maza, “My biggest challenge when I joined Selina cast was learning to separate these two characters; I didn’t want it to look like I’d carried my Maza character, Kate, to Selina.

There had to be a difference and the directors really helped me take off that pressure and pull off the role of Messina.”

A resident of Mombasa, Magio currently lives in Nairobi due to production schedule, something she says is hard on her because she’s away from her family. “My children mean everything to me and I’ve never been away from them for this long.

It’s even harder during this lockdown period because I can’t visit them over the weekend like I used to. Of course, I call them every day but it’s not enough.”