Sicelo Buthelezi: “They Can Eat Their Heart Out Shem”

“Growing up in Tembisa was very interesting, the character that I am portraying now mainly is inspired by my upbringing. Most of the things that I say or portray there, are basically things that I have seen or experienced,” he adds.

“It’s crazy because I have always seen myself as a soccer player, while I grew up I saw myself as a TV personality, so in my mind I would play soccer and be on TV.”

“Growing up I used to look up to Msawawa, I’ve always seen me in him, my career in TV was inspired by the likes of Mxolisi Masilela, Oupa Malatjie the theater gurus from Tembisa,” he adds

” I was like it’s fine let me go and try it out, but I’m not sure about these open auditions so I got there I auditioned and had a callback and after my third call back that is when I started taking it seriously and I said maybe there might be something here and after that that’s how I got the role,” he explains.

“Its like God knew that this was gonna happen that immediately after graduating you will go to work and no time to wait and break.”

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“Teddy is pure ghetto but I am in between, so with him I get to enjoy the ghetto side of me, i get to be the actual Kasi Boy and with Sicelo I can balance between that  and also his intellectual capacity.”

“It’s like when Kutlwano decided to cast us, he knew what was happening. The energy we had from the first day, it’s like we knew what we were doing. It’s like we knew our characters 3 years back and now it’s the time to portray them, so working with her it was god given.”

“The main thing I have learned from the Market Theater is playing and not being very professional, strict about your line, but just the idea of playing that’s the thing that we have, we play a lot, even before the director calls action, we have already established what we are going to being,” he explains.

“A lot of people resonate with Teddy because he is young and he is kid that is why kids enjoy seeing this person who portrays this person who is holding a mirror they see themselves in.”

“People can expect the darker side of him and not saying he is going to be a bad boy but the saddest part of his life is about to come out right now and more heartbreaking moments. It’s not gonna be the usual funny guy anymore it’s gonna be very very sad,” he says

“That for me means that my work is being recognized and there is more to come and I am glad that people notice my hard work, immediately on my debut, so for me it means a lot it means that there is recognition in SA.”

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“You just need to not come with the perspective that you want money  you need to have the love for the work after you have the love for the work put in the work, be committed.”

“We chill a lot together, we talk a lot and talk about our personal issues or personal stuff, and that for me is like creating chemistry even after work and when we have to do the work its easy for us to gel on screen.”

“That life can be very unpredictable, one day you are this person one day you are that person and do not just assume that because this one is comes from this household they gonna be a better person one day they might work for you.”

“I stay in Tembisa i don’t think I’m gonna leave anytime soon, That’s the typical perspective I want to get rid of that just because I am on TV I need to move nah, I cam still be the same person, I’m just a typical 9-5 person just that at my work there are cameras and you happen to watch me at 07:30 pm every week days,” he elaborates.

“They can eat their heart out shem, I’am unavailable.”

“I’m not 35 this things gets into me but I;m just like if you think that way then okay, but why don’t people ask?”