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Actors Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters reunite
as the popular characters for the three-part "Bulletproof: South
Africa", which hits U.S. screens next week.
The duo spoke to Reuters about the show, doing bigger stunts and
filming in a new location.
Below are interview excerpts edited for length and clarity.
Q: Why did you decide to shoot the show in South Africa?
Clarke: "Because of the legacy of the country and the things
that happened in the past I was like, I have no interest in
going there. But actually I took it as an educational
experience.
... We just had a really positive experience seeing a lot of
Black crew that would never have worked maybe five, 10 years ago
now coming on this show and speaking to us, secretly saying,
'hey, guys, for us to be on a show with two Black leads as the
executive producers as well, you have to understand it gives us
so much hope, because it shows us that it may not be here yet,
but it's coming'."
Q: Why do you think the show is so popular?
Walters: "When I speak to people that watch ... the show ... the
first thing that they always say is 'are you guys like that in
real life - do you really have that relationship?' Because I
guess that's what shines through."
Clarke: "What's good about it is we've transcended the blackness
in the show. Nobody now goes or says ... anymore 'oh the show
with the two Black cops', they don't say it. It's just
"Bulletproof" And I think that's the most important thing about
normalizing Black characters, normalizing Black families,
normalizing Black love."
Q: What does it mean to you to have the show airing in America?
Walters: "This show for us started based on what we've watched
coming from the U.S. ... "Lethal Weapon", "Bad Boys" ... those
cop shows ... So to know that (U.S. audiences) are taking it
back as we see it is amazing for us."
Q: How is this season different from seasons 1 and 2?
Clarke: "It's a lot bigger, the stunts are bigger ... it's a lot
more ambitious."
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Editing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian,
Alexandra Hudson)
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