Thuso Mbedu Shares Video of Her and Other ‘The Woman King’ Stars’ Hectic Training Session Before Filming Movie

Thuso Mbedu Shares Video of Her and Other ‘The Woman King’ Stars’ Hectic Training Session Before Filming Movie

  • Thuso Mbedu has shared a video of her and other The Woman King stars' hectic training session before filming the upcoming film
  • The award-winning South African actress, Viola Davis and other actresses trained for hours before they started shooting their fight scenes in the highly-anticipated movie
  • Viola shared that they did three hours of martial arts training a day and on top of that they had to do weightlifting and weapons training, among other things

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Thuso Mbedu has taken to social media to share a video of her hectic training session for The Woman King. The award-winning actress and other stars of the highly-anticipated movie trained hard before filming the film about African women warriors.

Thuso Mbedu stars in 'The Woman King'
Thuso Mbedu shared a video of her and other ‘The Woman King’ stars’ hectic training session. Image: @thuso.mbedu
Source: Instagram

The South African actress, now based in the US, stars alongside US superstar Viola Davis in the film set to drop on cinemas on 16 September.

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She took to Twitter to share the clip of her and her fellow stars working up a sweat at the gym. Thuso Mbedu captioned the video:

"Train. Fight. Repeat. HABASHWE!!!! #TheWomanKing, exclusively in movie theaters September 16."

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In the clip, Viola expressed that they did three hours of martial arts, weapons training, weightlifting and sprinting. Tweeps took to Thuso's comment section to let their fave know that they can't wait to watch her slay her role in the movie.

@Omen_Neku commented:

"I need to watch this."

@AndileBonxe said:

"Counting down the days."

@nokuthango wrote:

"Super proud of you."

@hunteroriginal commented:

"Praying for a few Oscar nominations for you Ladies."

@SirCotton22 said:

"I am so proud of you!"

@Ke_Raliholo wrote:

"Definitely going to the movies for this one."

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@LeeGurly added:

"Can't wait to see you in action!!!!"

Thuso Mbedu shares official trailer of The Woman King

In other entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Thuso Mbedu took to the timeline to share the official teaser of the highly-anticipated film based on true life events.

Mzansi movie lovers can't get enough of the fire trailer of The Woman King. The film stars US actress Viola Davis, English actor John Boyega and Mzansi's very own award-winning star Thuso.

The movie will drop at cinemas on 16 September. Peeps took to Thuso Mbedu's comment section to let her know how proud they're of her. Some shared that they can't wait to watch the film.

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Mxolisi Mngadi (Editor) Mxolisi Mngadi is an entertainment reporter. He graduated in 2002 from Damelin with a Diploma in Journalism, majoring in African and International Studies, Journalism and Electronic Media. He then started his journalism career at the Daily Sun newspaper, went on to The Citizen, and worked as a senior reporter at News24. He has been a writer for more than 15 years.

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