Local father and son acting duo to feature in competition trailer
Andrew rakes in awards for acting after being off-stage for two decades
Behind the scenes exciting things are happening as Andrew Loots (50) and his son Wade (23) will feature leading roles in a two-minute trailer.
The Kempton Park Extension Four duo will act opposite each other in the trailer with the working title Zero, which has been filming since the end of 2018 and is set to film once again this December. According to Andrew, the location partly includes scenes in Kempton Park, as well as other unknown destinations.
Andrew and Wade form part of the TATS at WOW acting school under the professional touch of Tammy Broli, and together they’re working on the trailer for an international competition, including the market abroad.
They also formed part of Broli’s team for the South African Championships for the Performing Arts in April. Andrew shared three gold and one silver for group items, but enjoyed two golds of his own, as well as one bronze for four of his monologues and was named best adult actor.
Wade is short on his dad’s heels as he won a TATS and WOW award for creative work for choreographing and coaching the bad guy scene in the trailer with Damian Stolz.
Originally an MMA fighter, Wade was recruited for a leading role in the project for this reason, as Broli had seen him in Andrew’s online profile picture. When Andrew brought Wade to be introduced to Broli in his biker’s jacket, Broli couldn’t resist getting dad in a leading role too.
Wade said he’d always been entertainment oriented since he could speak, be it with entertaining sport or creative means. “I’ll always be a fighter, but it’s nice to move that energy outside the cage and onto the stage.”
Sharing an on-and-off relationship with acting, Andrew featured in golden oldie productions like Leon Schuster’s Sweet ’n Short and played a handbag snatcher in an opening scene of Orkney Snork Nie back in the 1990s.
“I also auditioned for a role in Egoli when I was 21 and was told I made the short list. But, after waiting for a long time, my mom told me to get a real job, which I did. Months later Tammy told me I got the part, and once I found out that the contract was only six months, I stuck to my new-found profession.”
Now, Andrew is back at it again and making tremendous strides, reuniting with the art after more than two decades out of the spotlight. He’s back and enjoying the stage alongside his son.
