Following the success of MNET hit series Trackers, Thapelo Mokoena has secured a lead role in a UK TV action-drama series Bulletproof.
Mokoena will star in the third season of the series – which is centered around the daily lives of two detectives, British actors Noel Clarke (Bishop) Ashley Walters (Pike) who target tough criminals in London’s East End.
Season 3 is currently being filmed right here in our country, across the beautiful landscape of Cape Town. It is produced by: Vertigo Films & Company Pictures, as well as a local production company, Blue Ice.
Bulletproof is created by and starring Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters, and was first broadcast on Sky One in May 2018.
The first season received skyrocketing numbers; with over 1.59 million viewers watching the pilot, making it the largest Sky One (British broadcaster) audience at the time. Shortly thereafter, it was renewed for another season, with it also being six episodes. The series was soon picked up by The CW (American broadcaster) for American viewing.
The show was hugely inspired by the American franchise, ‘Bad Boys’ films starring Will Smith & Martin Lawrence who played two detectives in Miami.
As the writers & producers of the show, Clarke & Walters both noticed it to be rare to have 2 black leads in positive roles & not the usual drug dealers, thugs or gang members. So often a strong black lead is paired with a white lead, for so-called ‘balance’. It was important to have representation in the black community in a positive light.
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