Namibian actress Leonora Jacobs has said that she was never paid a penny for her role as a child actor in the classic movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, part 2.
She made the stunning revelation in a video clip circulating in the social media.
Jacobs, who said she was five years old when she starred in the film in 1985, also revealed that the movie producers promised to pay her when she reached 21 years, a promise they never kept.
She is 42 years old now and lives with her mother.
She now works as a shop assistant.
She said she feels used.
Many people had hitherto thought the child in the movie was a boy.
The South African movie grossed $6.3 million.
According to reports, the lead actor in the movie, Nǃxau ǂToma, who played the role of Xi, was also paid a mere R243, an equivalent of US$300 then, for his role.
Speaking on the development, the director of The Gods Must Be Crazy, Jamie Uys, a South African, said that N!xau did not know the importance of paper money, so he let go of it.
