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Speaker 1: the Daily Show. I'm excited to be here. I'm excited
Speaker 1: to have you here. This is so amazing South African
Speaker 1: and South African look at this, look at this. I'm
Speaker 1: not just the South Africa South African who is absolutely
Speaker 1: crushing it in everything that you do. Congratulations, congratulations on
Speaker 1: the woman King. I mean, everyone critics nineties something on
Speaker 1: Rotten Tomorrows. Everybody talks about it, raised about it. It's
Speaker 1: not an easy film to watch again. And it feels
Speaker 1: like you have the snack for not just acting, but
Speaker 1: portraying a person, a moment and a feeling in time
Speaker 1: that that makes people feel like what you do that
Speaker 1: on purpose? Not the acting part, but do you choose
Speaker 1: a role because you go like, I'm going to make
Speaker 1: people cry with this one. That's funny because I'm always
Speaker 1: like back home in South Africa, that's what I was
Speaker 1: known for, and so I am actively resisting roles that I,
Speaker 1: as a character would have to cry. And in this one,
Speaker 1: I loved the fact that Violets violates character, tells my
Speaker 1: character that you do not cry in this space. Absolutely
Speaker 1: loved it because then it means I don't have to cry. Um.
Speaker 1: But then you know, the movie then tells us that, um,
Speaker 1: what while I was telling my character is not necessarily
Speaker 1: true because it's taking away her tears means stripping her
Speaker 1: of her humanity ultimately, so um, but yeah, I choose
Speaker 1: projects that I feel will have some sort of impact.
Speaker 1: You know, we're not following the money, we're following purpose,
Speaker 1: We're following changing people's lives. I did drama in high
Speaker 1: school and the university because I wanted to use acting
Speaker 1: as a tool for social change. So yeah, because people
Speaker 1: take for grants and how much it chake culture, how
Speaker 1: including holding through the world what you're doing it. This
Speaker 1: is also a great opportunity for me and for you
Speaker 1: and you you seized it because you know, you kick
Speaker 1: ass in this movie literally so like you you you fight, yes,
Speaker 1: and you I don't know how many martial arts did
Speaker 1: you study for that? Like you have to go and
Speaker 1: it was like it was however, there was a range
Speaker 1: of different things. Um, I got costs, I think like
Speaker 1: April ish pre production training was starting in July, so
Speaker 1: I put myself through more tie between yes, yeah, actually
Speaker 1: doing Actually you're hitting yourself with there's a there's a video.
Speaker 1: You check it out if it still on your social media.
Speaker 1: It's amazing because you show us the progression. So obviously
Speaker 1: in the movie it's just you like kicking as Papa,
Speaker 1: and then you played the video where you start off,
Speaker 1: and it's like beating yourself in the beginning. Why would
Speaker 1: you put yourself through that? You know you can use
Speaker 1: your stunt double right. Okay, wait, Gina, our director does
Speaker 1: not believe in stunt doubles. Yes, number one, and so
Speaker 1: part of our addition for the movie was going through
Speaker 1: a physical and fitness test to determine would be able
Speaker 1: to do my own stunts or not. Yeah, so let
Speaker 1: me like, you know how to fight? Now, I like
Speaker 1: to believe. I don't like you can fight. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know. We were accident and cutting the movie.
Speaker 1: I think you can fight. I also I also learned
Speaker 1: from the you know, from talking to some of the
Speaker 1: people who are involved in the movie, that you this
Speaker 1: is one of my favorite stories from the film. Everyone
Speaker 1: had to do. I think it was two hours of training.
Speaker 1: Two hours of training. You then said, no, I would
Speaker 1: like to do three hours, an extra hour. Yeah, okay, naturally,
Speaker 1: but then because of that, the director was like, that's
Speaker 1: actually a great idea. Everyone should do three hours. It
Speaker 1: was not bad already really read no man, guys, no
Speaker 1: understand you know it was we're all new too stunts
Speaker 1: and action, and you know, I have great confidence in
Speaker 1: the amount of time that I put into my acting,
Speaker 1: into the research and the conversations and the rehearb and
Speaker 1: the rehearsals, and so let's say my acting. I was
Speaker 1: up here. I needed my stunts to be at least,
Speaker 1: you know, in the vicinity. But became that kid in class.
Speaker 1: I remember I remember in school, and you know the
Speaker 1: kids I'm talking about. You can get in that kid
Speaker 1: in class where sometimes a lesson would end and then
Speaker 1: the teacher will be like, okay, everybody goes, and then
Speaker 1: the bit that kid who goes like, sir, you didn't
Speaker 1: give us homework extra. I mean, it came out great
Speaker 1: in the movie, but there must have been a moment
Speaker 1: where people like Tuza Juana come on before that. You
Speaker 1: want to talk about the projects that you're embarking on now,
Speaker 1: because it's one thing to perform in front of the camera,
Speaker 1: you know, it's another to to cement yourself in an industry.
Speaker 1: But you've really jumped, you know, from from strength to strength.
Speaker 1: You've got an entire production deal with Paramount Plus now
Speaker 1: where you're gonna be working on your own productions, which
Speaker 1: I know you're really passionate about. I'd love to know
Speaker 1: what you would dream of creating you could, you know,
Speaker 1: not the specific stories, but what are you trying to
Speaker 1: create in the world where you are the teller of
Speaker 1: the story versus just the person who's in it. I think,
Speaker 1: more than anything, you know, I wanna create the stories
Speaker 1: that are innately on us because growing up and being
Speaker 1: in this industry, one you believe that you can be
Speaker 1: anything until you get to the understrand they tell you
Speaker 1: know you can't. And so what are those stories? And
Speaker 1: like with the Paramount Plus deal, we're specifically focusing on health, climate,
Speaker 1: and equity as part of their social impact initiative and
Speaker 1: taking that to South Africa and Africa, and so those
Speaker 1: are stories that will transform people's thinking because from my
Speaker 1: understanding and from what I've experienced back home, is they're
Speaker 1: very keen on commissioning projects that will encourage destructive behavior
Speaker 1: but aren't necessarily teaching people how to transform and empower
Speaker 1: their lives and so if we can come with those
Speaker 1: stories that are both entertaining and teaching people to do
Speaker 1: better and be better, then I'm all the happier for it,
Speaker 1: because then otherwise why are we doing this? You know? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I really like the TechNation. It's been beautiful to what's
Speaker 1: your journey? I've seen you ask and do the best
Speaker 1: and just kick ass. I've seen you kick ass in
Speaker 1: all martial's, including yourself and other people. Um, I truly
Speaker 1: believe and I don't think I'll be wrong in this.
Speaker 1: You're gonna kick ass and everything your production company, the
Speaker 1: work you're doing in South Africa, everything you do going forward.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining me on the show.
Speaker 1: Want to see you absolutely cos it's farthing better everybody.
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