Khanyi Mbau and Mondli Makhoba answered fans’ burning questions about their love scene on “The Wife” in a Twitter space facilitated by Phil Mphela.
Everyone wants to know if the love scene was real. Were they really naked? Was there penetration?
Khanyi Mbau led with a response and said that there was no penetration during the love scene. She said:
“The Wife belongs to a corporate entity called Showmax, and it is a professional entertainment platform. They are not a porn or adult entertainment company”.
Khanyi spoke about safety precautions and regulations saying
“Number one is hygiene. Number two, there are Covid tests when any character comes into contact with another to make sure none of the actors is put at risk. The actors are then allowed to choose who they want in the room. They are given a shortlist of how they are going to shoot this.
“There is a green tape for the characters so there is a safe line. It is something that you will not see, but we see it and the camera guy knows once I look into that, it means he needs to stop. They have gone past my limit of comfort and safety”.
“Body parts are protected, strapped and kept away from each person’s body. This is because we are natural human beings, especially men. If there had to be an erection, it would show, and it may put me in a position where I feel uncomfortable”.
“Actors are respected, you do not look at an actor when they are nude. Once there is a cut, characters stand apart and we’re given our gowns in which we are covered and protected”.
When asked about how they managed to make people believe they were fully naked she said
“I wore the thinnest T strap underwear you can ever imagine. Camera work allows the illusion for you to think there’s nothing there when there’s everything there. For example, in the scene where he went down on me, there was literally a big camera in the sheets with us,”
“Even in the scene where you see Nkosana under the sheet talking to me, you thought I was there. I wasn’t there. I was not even in the room when they shot him lying in bed as if they were both there,”
Mondli on the other hand did not disclose much about the technical side of pulling off such a love scene but he said acting is a craft, and the fact that so many people across the country believe that the intercourse actually happened, only means that they both did a magnificent job.
A lot more was spoken about in the Twitter space including how they broke the news about their love scene to their significant others and how they built a relationship that allowed them to work together. Although the scene lasted for minutes on the show, in real life it took them a minimum of three hours to film.
Although people like to fixate on the nitty-gritty like knowing if the pair really had sex what matters is that they did the job well enough for us to believe that the characters they play did the deed. That’s all that matters. Their job is to tell a story and as far as the story goes, the characters had s_ex. However, it’s natural for people to want to translate what they see in a fictional story into real life. Because if Khanyi and Mondli really did have sex, that would just blow up even more headlines.