ACTRESS Lusanda Mbane has officially left Scandal!
Her character Boniswa was killed on Wednesday, 1 September.
Boniswa was killed by Grace, played by Bathabile Mashigo, after she found out Boniswa killed her son, Romeo (Hungani Ndlovu).
Grace forced Boniswa to confess she killed Romeo and soon after that, she pushed her from the roof, and she died.
Lusanda, who has played the role of Boniswa for five years, spoke to Daily Sun about leaving the role she had grown to love.
“Leaving Boniswa is bittersweet because she had become part of me. When you play a character, you have to shift and make space for it and that’s what I had done. Now I have to come back more to myself and remove Boniswa because she was really part of Lusanda,” she said.
“Sometimes, I’d say something and then notice Boniswa was the one speaking and not Lusanda. But at least I was given the time to adjust. I was given six months to let her go. I’ve adjusted emotionally and mentally, I am fine now,” said Lusanda.
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The actress also spoke about playing Boniswa over the past years.
“Playing Boniswa was magical. When Boniswa came, she wasn’t the key person. It was just a support role, as Siseko’s (Hlomla Dandala) wife, she was not supposed to be the main focus,” she said.
Lusanda said things got interesting for her after the Scandal! crew grew her character.
“Yes, it was nice when she was a nice person and subservient wife, but for me when she started being entrusted with lying, murder, manipulation and conspiracy. That’s what brought out the different textures of who I can be as an actor,” said Lusanda.
“I didn’t know that I could bring the gallons of tears that I brought. I didn’t even know my potential as an actor because you have to push and bring it. For me, it was that appreciation of someone seeing that I can bring that. I have to be honest, I didn’t know that I could bring half of the stuff that Boniswa brought. The magic was also being allowed to bring it in my home language,” she said.
Lusanda said she doesn’t know what she’ll do now, but she will trust the universe and see where it takes her.
She is also running a clothing business called Zazi Zithande Zithembe, which will keep her busy.
She also promised to be back on the small screens soon.
Catch Scandal! on e.tv every weekday at 7.30pm.
