The Schuster prank that almost went too far: 'He made me cry,' says Alfred Ntombela

Veteran actor Alfred Ntombela was reduced to tears after prankster Leon Schuster decided to pull a fast one on him.

Alfred and Leon have shot several movies together and formed an iconic film partnership pranking unsuspecting South Africans.

However, there was a time that Leon almost went too far by tricking his close friend.

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Speaking to Anele Mdoda on Real Talk with Anele, Alfred recounted the time that Leon brought him to tears by threatening to take his life. 

"He made me cry. We were on the 22nd floor of a building in Durban. He opened the window, and I could see he was drunk. He said that he was sick and tired of this life, and this life is miserable. He put his foot through the open window, then another foot. I pulled him in. He said; 'leave me alone, I want to die'.

"He exited the room but left the window open. Suddenly, he returned to the room to make a run for the window again," Alfred recounted.

Leon ran for the window but stopped at the last moment.

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"I felt so small. He said; 'You've been Schusted (pranked)'. I just left the room and couldn't speak to him. I locked myself in my room and just slept. It was so bad," he added.