{"id":13643,"date":"2021-11-23T16:44:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13643"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:44:58","slug":"first-look-teaser-for-the-next-showmax-original-romcom-troukoors-wedding-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/11\/23\/first-look-teaser-for-the-next-showmax-original-romcom-troukoors-wedding-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"First-look Teaser For The Next Showmax Original, Romcom &#8220;Troukoors&#8221; (Wedding Fever)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Showmax has released a first-look trailer for <em>Troukoors (Wedding Fever)<\/em>, the first Showmax Original romcom, which will be available to binge from 13 December 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Troukoors<\/em> is made by SAFTA winner Louis Pretorius and SAFTA nominee Albert Snyman of Infinity Films, the creators of critically acclaimed and much loved shows like <em>Die Boekklub<\/em> and <em>Fynskrif<\/em>, with regular collaborator Nina Swart directing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Troukoors<\/em> is like good champagne: light and bubbly and more-ish, with a tendency to bring out people\u2019s naughty sides,\u201d says Candice Fangueiro, head of content at Showmax. \u201cIt\u2019s like <em>Younger<\/em> or <em>The Bold Type<\/em>, but set against the splendour and romance of the Cape wedding industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilse-Lee van Niekerk (<em>Getroud Met Rugby<\/em>, <em>4 Mure<\/em>, <em>Die Boekklub<\/em>) stars as Jessica, a wedding planner who\u2019s surrounded by love but struggling to find it for herself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former child star Blyde Smit (<em>Erfsondes<\/em>, <em>7de Laan<\/em>) plays Jessica\u2019s sister Luca, a software developer who is more fluent in Klingon than flirting, with Fleur du Cap nominee Bianca Flanders (<em>N\u00earens, Noord-Kaap<\/em>; <em>Address Unknown<\/em>) as her bisexual best friend Abi, a professional baker. SAFTA winner Kevin Smith (<em>Skemerdans<\/em>) is Abi\u2019s dad (and Luca\u2019s boss), with Melt Sieberhagen (<em>Proesstraat) <\/em>as his boyfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trailer also gives us our first glimpse of the three besties\u2019 love interests this season, including Armand Aucamp (Tom in <em>Die Boekklub<\/em>), Christiaan Schoombie (<em>Warrior<\/em>), Evan Hengst (Miles in <em>The Kissing Booth 1-3<\/em>), Danny Ross (<em>Nommer 37<\/em>), and Fiesta Upcoming Artist nominee Emma van Heyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Troukoors | A Showmax Original | First Look\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TozEpxjVOPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Representing alternative relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat I found really interesting is that it represents alternative relationships,\u201d says Bianca. \u201cThe world is moving in new directions, especially in terms of how we think and talk about sex and sexuality. Sex positivity is increasing. As South Africans we are often inclined to being conservative when it comes to the relationship types we represent on TV. But <em>Troukoors<\/em> reflects a lot of the relationships I see around me. It shows the real issues people experience in relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe overarching idea of the series is love is love,\u201d says Ilse-Lee. \u201cI love the fact that, especially&nbsp;with the two dads, and Abi as well, it&#8217;s just accepted. It\u2019s just the norm. It&#8217;s not an issue. It\u2019s about what works for you: which type of love is the best for you, and how can you be the best to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But <em>Troukoors<\/em> isn\u2019t just another Hollywood fairytale, where every moment has perfect sunsets with fireworks in the background. \u201cWhat&#8217;s refreshing about this series is that Louis and Albert created realistic stories that also show there&#8217;s no one person who is going to be perfect for you,\u201d says Armand. \u201cSo there might be someone who gives you sexual gratification, but not emotionally. And then there&#8217;s someone who fulfils your emotional needs, but the physical attraction isn&#8217;t there. Or someone is too laid back and you want more intensity. You want direction, not someone who is beige. You know, those kinds of things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Creating trust and igniting real passion on screen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with the growing trend internationally, <em>Troukoors<\/em> hired an intimacy coordinator for the sex scenes. \u201cThere are a lot more physical scenes than in the average South African and Afrikaans TV series,\u201d says Albert discreetly. \u201cWe worked with intimacy coordinators, which is something we&#8217;ve never done before, and it was really good. They have a great way of working with the actors to make everyone feel comfortable and safe. When people kiss in an Afrikaans series, it&#8217;s usually those <em>Egoli<\/em>-kisses from the late 80s where it&#8217;s like two fish whose mouths open and stick together, and then they just stand there. So, bringing in an intimacy coordinator helped a lot with actors having to find one another on a physical level and trust one another, so that you could have actual passion on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt opens you up, because it just takes any uncertainty away, and creates such a safe space,\u201d says Ilse-Lee of the experience. \u201cWhen you know what is a \u2018Yes\u2019 and what is a \u2018No,\u2019 then suddenly there&#8217;s a whole new world that you can use and colour in. Because then you can really touch what you&#8217;re allowed to touch: you can go full throttle on the \u2018Yeses\u2019. It is extremely empowering. Not just in terms of being touched, but also to be touching, because then the uncertainty and discomfort is eliminated. You know I&#8217;m allowed to touch this; this is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A refreshing take on modern families<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Troukoors<\/em> is a refreshing take not just on love, VR sex and deepfake porn, but family too. \u201cWhat makes the whole series so beautiful, is how family is represented in a very unconventional way,\u201d says Blyde. \u201cIt&#8217;s such an honest representation of modern families, including divorce and death and exploring how people who aren&#8217;t blood relatives become family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Troukoors<\/em> gives us an opportunity to ask questions about how a blended family works,\u201d says Kevin. \u201cHow do men &#8211; who don&#8217;t have wives \u2013 fulfil all those roles in the family. What are the roles they should be playing? Because society tells us, \u2018This is what men should be and do, and this is what women should be and do.\u2019 And here we break the rules. It&#8217;s what&#8217;s so stunning about this project to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The freedom of creating a series for streaming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albert says this all came from the freedom of creating a series for Showmax. \u201cWhen you make something for linear TV, you&#8217;re making something for 16- to 95-year-olds to watch together and you must build the story in such a way that you take everyone into consideration,\u201d says Albert. \u201cThe interesting thing about a Showmax production is that there&#8217;s an age restriction, and this is something that people can watch on their laptops or phones, on their own. So you don&#8217;t have to worry about it as much, because you know it isn&#8217;t necessarily the entire household watching together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Serious themes balanced by humour and hope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not to say <em>Troukoors<\/em> is dark. \u201cIf you want to laugh, and sit with a smile on your face for half an hour, then this is the show for you,\u201d says Christiaan. \u201cThere are serious themes that are explored, but there&#8217;s always humour to balance it out. It&#8217;s just pure fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe great thing about Louis and Albert, which is true of all their series, is that their stories are always about hope,\u201d says Nina. \u201cWe laugh a bit, we cry a bit, but in the end it is about people becoming more themselves in the end than what they were at the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And who doesn\u2019t need some laughter and some hope after the year that was 2021?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch <em>Troukoors (Wedding Fever) <\/em>first and only on Showmax from 13 December 2021. Showmax has already renewed the romcom for a second season, launching in 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showmax has released a first-look trailer for Troukoors (Wedding Fever), the first Showmax Original romcom, which will be available to binge from 13 December 2021.&nbsp; Troukoors is made by SAFTA winner Louis Pretorius and SAFTA nominee Albert Snyman of Infinity Films, the creators of critically acclaimed and much loved shows like Die Boekklub and Fynskrif,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/11\/23\/first-look-teaser-for-the-next-showmax-original-romcom-troukoors-wedding-fever\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First-look Teaser For The Next Showmax Original, Romcom &#8220;Troukoors&#8221; (Wedding Fever)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-13643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}