Sisa Hewana (27) from Port Elizabeth has won the nationwide Isidingo Talent Search competition and snagged the role of the new ''ex soccer player Ace'' character in the SABC3 soapie.
''I'm very excited,'' Sisa Hewana told me yesterday when I spoke with him in Port Elizabeth as he was busy packing to travel to Johannesburg on Sunday night. Today he already has to report for duty on the Isidingo set where he will immediately start working as South Africa's newest soapie actor.
Sisa Hewana got the new permanent Isidingo role after he decided to try out in the auditions with thousands of others in the countrywide search for the new character that Isidingo and SABC3 decided to do to find the perfect actor.
''I'm feeling very excited about it, and it's going to be a very big challenge and it starts immediately tomorrow,'' Sisa Hewana told me when I called him on Sunday. ''I did see the ad for the auditions but friends of mine pushed me to go and my girlfriend told me I would be good for the role,'' the financial advisor said. ''I told myself I'm going to go into it and that I'm just going to have fun.''
Sisa Hewana is staying in a hotel in Johannesburg for about a month, after which he'll find his own place.
Kabelo Collis, SABC3 spokesperson said the channel and Isidingo are excited too, when I spoke with her yesterday. ''We're very excited that we did find the raw talent we were looking for. Sisa Hewana doesn't have any form of acting training and he's never acted before. We're very excited to develop his acting skills and we wish him all the best.''
