press kit - Wonderphil Productions

at night after the day’s shoot and the indescribably beautifulview over the Swartberg Mountains from my doorway at theSwartberg Manor.Describe playing opposite Tim and HykieBoth Tim and Hykie are incredibly talented and every momentwas an utter pleasure. Not only is Tim very funny and gaveme many belly laughs, his raw talent is astounding andas an actor he is very giving. It was great acting oppositehim, especially since our characters’ storyline developed allthe way to the end. Hykie’s acting and talent goes withoutsaying, our characters’ storyline was very intense and I hada few very emotional scenes where I depended on him forthe emotion and he gave me that which makes those scenesvery intense.TIM THERONTim Theron has always, inone way or another, beeninvolved with entertainingpeople, be it friends andfamily, on stage, or in frontof the cameras. He completedhis studies at thePUK, where he immersedhimself in the universitiy’sperforming arts culture.He was involved in manystudent stage productions, where he honed his techniqueand talent.After graduating he entered the corporate media world, butafter becoming involved with the Lagnes comedy group, hemade the leap and to full time acting. Lagnes went fromstrength to strength, with performances at arts festivals suchas Aardklop, the KKNK, Jakaranda Nasionale Kunstefees,Citrus Fees, Woordpoort Fees, Die Mol Fees and many others.Thanks to a long-term ATKV sponsorship, Lagnes were ableto make their first series for KykNet in 2011In 2011 Tim began to focus on his solo career and was luckyenough to land roles in the romantic comedy box office hitSemi-Soet as well as the Afrikaans drama series Vloeksteen.In 2011 Tim, Cobus van den Berg and Jorrie van der Waltformed the production company Kaapland Films. Incollaboration with the talented scriptwriter Etienne Fourie,Tim wrote the story of Klein Karoo while Etienne wrote thescript. The film was produced by Kaapland Films and Timplays one of the leads.What was the inspiration for Klein Karoo?Klein Karoo is the distillation of so many different ideasthat I and the rest of the team came up with and Etiennedeveloped. Our aim was to come up with a funny, romanticstory that also had a bigger message. Something that wouldmake people proud to be South African and Afrikaans, whilereminding them that they need to be the change that theywant to see.Describe working in the Little Karoo and specifically theSwartberg MountansOriginally we wanted to shoot the film in Stellenbosch, butafter spending a weekend in the Swartberg Mountains, we allfell in love with the place and the people and knew we had toshoot there. The reason is plain to see on screen.What was your favourite scene and why?That is difficult to say. I know each character in the storyas though they were family and the story is so close to myheart, that it’s almost impossible to single out any one. I thinkthat the very first meeting between Frans and Cybil at the oldfilling station and also Brian walking into the swimming poolare definite favourites.