The River’s “Zweli Dikana” Actor Hlomla Dandala Reveals Why He Left The Show?
Actor Hlomla Dandala, who plays Zweli Dikana on The River, stunned fans last month when news broke out that he was bowing out of the telenovela.
He confirmed the development on Instagram in a post:
“The end of an actor’s time on a long-running show is always bitter-sweet. Wishing my colleagues a smooth, fruitful run. You will be missed.”
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Zweli Dikana actor on The River, Hlomla Dandala [Image: Twitter/1Magic]
Dandala sat down on Newzroom Afrika and delved deep into why he decided to call it quits on the award-winning telenovela. He said he felt that he was growing apart from the character.
“It was time. Generally, what tends to happen with any character is that if you stay in any character for long enough, it is then difficult to pivot away from it or to be perceived in any other way.
“In The River, I was happy with the character for a long time, and then after a while, we started growing further and further apart in terms of creativity and then it reached a point where I said, ‘look, I need to manage my career’.
“And a part of that is I don’t want to get locked into a situation that I really don’t want to be in long term. It starts to damage your future. The producers were generous enough in that they understood what I was saying.
[Image: YouTube/1Magic]“They were caught between a rock and a hard place, in that the structure of the show requires that one is duped (Zweli) and the other one is duping (Lindiwe) eternally, for the structure of the show.”
Actors Lawrence Maleka (Zolani) and Tango Ncetezo (Pauline) also quit The River.
