By Tamlyn Canham
New man, new Netflix gig – 2021 is off to a good start for South African actress, Pearl Thusi.
The ‘Queen Sono’ star continues to do amazing things overseas. She just scored another part in an international show.
The 32-year-old is currently in Thailand, reportedly to train for season two of ‘Wu Assassins’ – an American supernatural action series.
While there is no official word on what fans of the martial arts series can expect, entertainment commentator Phil Mphela says the next installment of the show will likely be a movie.
“[The] 2nd season reportedly has a format change to being a two-part movie. Production is currently shooting in Thailand,” he tweeted.
CASTING NEWS: Pearl Thusi joins another international series
Thusi is starring in the 2nd season of Netflix’s martial arts series, Wu Assassins
2nd season reportedly has a format change to being a two-part movie
Production is currently shooting in Thailand#KgopoloReports pic.twitter.com/mxzX387D3s
— Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) February 4, 2021
Pearl is yet to reveal any details about her new role but gave her Instagram followers a behind-the-scenes look at her Muay Thai training.
She is being trained by actual Muay Thai fighters.
“Living a dream… Usually when I go to bed, muscles aching and bones shaking- I count every blessing. As a kid I played with the boys- and only played physical games with the girls… loved action movies. Today I get paid to look like I can actually fight, but I actually just found new ways to play with the boys and girls who like to play like me,” she wrote on Instagram.
Pearl has previously appeared in ‘Quantico’ alongside Priyanka Chopra and played a Nubian princess in the 2018 film, ‘The Scorpion King: Book of Souls’.
Her new role is not the only thing Pearl has to celebrate. The actress has a new mystery man in her life. She is yet to reveal the man’s identity but shared a picture of their feet in an Instagram post
“Miss you,” she captioned the picture.
Pearl was linked to NBA star Serge Ibaka in 2019. It is unclear when their romance ended.
But she is madly in love with her new bae.
“There’s nothing quite like finding someone you genuinely love and that person feels just the same about you,” she tweeted this week.


