Actress Amanda Manku has always believed that her character would find her own “happily ever after”. She plays the role of Elizabeth Lizzy Thobakgale on SABC 1’s drama series Skeem Saam.
Speaking to Sunday World, Manku said she never thought it would be with Zamokuhle, also known as Kwaito – played by Clement Maosa.
Surprise change of character
“I definitely did not see that one coming because of the person that Zamokuhle is, who is very indecisive and at some point. He just had this womaniser tag on him,” said Manku.
Manku said the womaniser tag was removed way before the wedding, when they decided to get back together after they had separated.
“Lizzy made herself clear that it is either Zamokuhle ïs in this or not, and if he wants love triangles it is cool, but just not in their relationship.
“This was when Zamo made promises of giving Lizzy bank PINs and phone passwords just to genuinely prove his level of commitment.”
Boy meets girl tale
The Skeem Saam actress describes her love story with Zamokuhle as a typical boy-meets-girl tale.
“I think it is one of those ‘if it is meant to be it will happen’ type of storylines. Even with all the hurdles that they have had, they still managed to find each other.”
Skeem Saam was Manku’s very first acting job, and she says she has grown with her character for 10 years now. She says she had just finished varsity and her character was finishing off high school.
“A lot of people don’t know that I am the second Lizzy. There was another one in the first season, and I was the second one. I kind of managed to grow with the character until this point, it has been beautiful to watch the transition in her life.”
Storyline twists
In the story her mother-in-law MaNtuli did not like Lizzy. She preferred Glenda over her but she believes that once she sees how happy she makes her son and their journey, she will accept her.
“I am looking forward to seeing what type of mother-in-law she will be because all along she technically wasn’t her mother-in-law. If Lizzy lives with the Seakamelas maybe MaNtuli will realise that she is not so bad. It might also be tricky with having two women live in one house.”
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