Sometimes art imitates life.
Minnie Dlamini made her film debut in an adventure comedy chick flick, The Honeymoon, as Lungile “Lu” Radebe, a woman with two children stuck in a rut with her marriage to her love interest, Andile (played by Naymaps Maphalala).
“When this role came, I didn't know how I could play a role that was a mother, a wife of over ten years. I had just got married when Bianca approached me. Children weren't even on my mind. But by the time we started shooting the film, I had been married for about three years, I had my kid, and I think I was able to sink my teeth into the character a lot better than I would have had we shot it earlier,” she tells TshisaLIVE.
In February 2022, Minnie dropped a bombshell revealing she and her husband Quinton Jones had filed for divorce.
Minnie admitted she kept her divorce private during the filming of the movie during the pandemic, and that playing the role of Lu helped her through the split.
“It was very difficult because I was going through it alone. No one knew what was going on — my family, my friends no one — so it was very healing for me to be able to use the character to find myself and my truth.
“My character journey gave me a lot of strength in fighting for myself and fighting for the life that I want to live moving forward. So I am so grateful for it. It taught me to fight for myself and to stop caring about what people think and not worry about what other people's opinions are going to be because they'll have opinions regardless of what you do. but when you go to bed, are you happy with yourself or happy with your life.”
Listen to Minnie:
LISTEN | Minnie Dlamini on using her character on ‘The Honeymoon’ as therapy after her divorce
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Sometimes art imitates life.
Minnie Dlamini made her film debut in an adventure comedy chick flick, The Honeymoon, as Lungile “Lu” Radebe, a woman with two children stuck in a rut with her marriage to her love interest, Andile (played by Naymaps Maphalala).
“When this role came, I didn't know how I could play a role that was a mother, a wife of over ten years. I had just got married when Bianca approached me. Children weren't even on my mind. But by the time we started shooting the film, I had been married for about three years, I had my kid, and I think I was able to sink my teeth into the character a lot better than I would have had we shot it earlier,” she tells TshisaLIVE.
In February 2022, Minnie dropped a bombshell revealing she and her husband Quinton Jones had filed for divorce.
Minnie admitted she kept her divorce private during the filming of the movie during the pandemic, and that playing the role of Lu helped her through the split.
“It was very difficult because I was going through it alone. No one knew what was going on — my family, my friends no one — so it was very healing for me to be able to use the character to find myself and my truth.
“My character journey gave me a lot of strength in fighting for myself and fighting for the life that I want to live moving forward. So I am so grateful for it. It taught me to fight for myself and to stop caring about what people think and not worry about what other people's opinions are going to be because they'll have opinions regardless of what you do. but when you go to bed, are you happy with yourself or happy with your life.”
Listen to Minnie:
On her journey of rebirth, she is looking forward to all that life throws her way.
“I'm just excited, life has become very exciting. It is difficult going through a divorce, it’s incredibly painful. It is like experiencing a death and no one died, but I am excited about what the future looks like. I am excited about the fact that I have a shot at being happy again. There was a time in my life where I didn't think that was possible.”
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