Dominion s Kim Engelbrecht Talks Groundbreaking Fremantle, M-Net Series Reyka (EXCLUSIVE)
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Set in the foreboding sugar cane fields of KwaZulu-Natal, Fremantle-M-Net crime thriller “Reyka” – starring South African born Kim Engelbrecht, whose credits include “Isidingo,” “Dominion” and “The Flash,” and Iain Glen, Ser Jorah Mormont in “Games of Thrones” – looks set to mark another milestone in both Fremantle and premium South Africa TV production.
For Fremantle, a still expanding scripted drama force, “Reyka” is its first South African show, after it launched last year its first shows from Israel’s Maria Feldman and Chile’s Fabula.
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Look, just to p s you off! Iain Glen picks up his laptop and points it out the window of his Durban hotel room. That s the Indian Ocean.
There is something decidedly, and slightly unexpectedly, mischievous about this particular great Scot. One of the last times he was in South Africa, he passed a sign for Bloukrans Bridge, one of the highest bungee jumps in the world. Half an hour later, he was jumping off that bridge from a height of 216m.
Glen is one of those tall, handsome actors whose name was often mentioned as a possible James Bond. At 59, he is unlikely to take over from Daniel Craig and although he might well have made a good Bond, he might never have had such a diverse career if he had been 007 in midlife.