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