Cape Town's full-figured girl band Three Tons of Fun is headed for the silver screen, with one of the "tons" having landed a role in Sacha Baron Cohen's new film.
Alto and mezzo singer Sithembile Mfuphi, who goes by the name Saxy Sthe, tweeted last week that she had been cast in Grimsby and will appear alongside Cohen, Penelope Cruz and Gabourey Sidibe.
"Watch the space... Me working with Sacha Baron & Gabourey Sidibe," she wrote.
Though this will be Mfuphi's first time on the big screen, she has been on TV, as a preliminary judge for Idols.
Yesterday, Mfuphi said she was unable to discuss the film. Her tweets about it appeared to have been deleted. Filming in Cape Town starts this week and Cohen and Sidibe are already in town.