 What's up, good people, and welcome back to SPM Buzz. My name is Shiko Gita. We are right here at the season 2 premiere of Nas Totoia here with one of the cast, Shiko Karebusana. Asanti Sana. Doing well? Yeah, yeah, my arm. How are you looking beautiful? Thank you. You can tell us a little about season 2. Hey, I can't expose a lot, but season 2, you guys are not ready. It's good, you need the performances. We brought them. The quality is amazing. The energy on set was amazing. Yani, season 2 is a whole other world, apart from season 9. Of course, kila mtombetun na Zungumzanae na Semakwamba, we had season 1 and this means season 2 is even better. What do you think, or rather, what should our viewers expect? New, something new, something better in season 2. I wouldn't say, I mean, for season 2, I'd advise you guys. For season 2, I'd say you need to expect your favorite people on TV, all your influencers, all your comedians. Like, the person you want to see, you will see them. So that's season 2, that's season 2. We had season 1. One thing you learnt during season 1. Season 1 was such a challenge for me to be honest, because this is a genre I've never explored. I didn't think it would become this big to be very honest. I thought it would just be like, oh, yeah, let's slamdink something for Tita for doing something together, a small project. Then, all of a sudden, it just became so huge. Like, even when I got the script the first day, oh my God, I was like, mi tato bakweni. Like, it was a new thing for me completely, because I've not done something like this. And then, coming to season 2, it became so natural for me. Like, I got used to it, kina butita, kinansila, maya. They made it so easy for me to be able to work on the set. They've taught me a lot. Like, I'm so grateful for them. Let me be talking about that. Let's talk about that moment. Do you receive the call or maybe a message that you are probably needed to take part in Anastotos season 1? What is... Nini li kuina pita kwa kili ako de? Mi mi entas kwa na janetos Anastotos. Mi Anastolizon, Anastolizon who called me, she's like, babe, kuna ka project ebu kam, tina fanyana buti ten, he's saying, come. So, I was like, okay, so, it is Anastandia. I didn't even know what I was getting myself into. That's what I'm telling you, like, niki fanya, niki poteo script. I didn't know what to expect. Like, me, I knew it's maybe another show. It wouldn't be as challenging. Then nika nga nika piga, kwa zansula mi, it's so comfortable for me. She taught me a lot. It's like, hey, it felt nice because it was Mr. Colling, but also it was like, shit, we like to be able to deliver. You know, yeah. Any challenge, probably you have maybe witnessed especially in the film industry in Kenya right now? Challenges, I'd say we just lack structures. The talent is there. The producers are there. The money is there. The talent is there. The quality is there. The equipment is there. We're just lacking structures. But I wouldn't fault it because it's a grain process. This is just the beginning. So, there's such a long way to go and I'm so proud of the growth that is there already so far. And the structure is being formed as we speak. So, I'm grateful for the growth. The future, like, for you in this industry. I pray to do... I pray to bring Kenya on a global perspective. I'm not trying to just stay in Kenya and be like another local actor. I want to be able to be a representative of Kenyan actors abroad, you know? And also come and kill it back at home, you know? Just, I don't know, like, I think that's a vision I have for myself representing Kenya on a global aspect. I think, you know, when you mention about representing Kenya globally, we have Kenyans who think at times when any Kenyan gets an opportunity now to present their country out in the world, they, for lack of a better word, forget home that they come from, yeah? I understand completely because let me tell you, fame and entertainment, this entertainment industry has a lot, it has a lot. So, I wouldn't even fault them. At the end of the day, you do what's best for you. Whatever you do for other people comes out of your good heart, you know? So, it shouldn't be ati, ati, ni mask for them to also represent us. It's not up to them, you know? And as a result, they have their own reasons as to why they do what they do. And I can't fault them. Everyone is okay. Like, you're validated to do whatever you want. It's a free world, you know? But I wouldn't say I want to forget my country because I know I'd want the same to be done for me. Someone who's abroad in Hollywood I'd want them to come back to Kenya and train us or teach us what happens there, how to represent ourselves, how to package ourselves in international way, you know? So, I wouldn't fault them. But also I'd say, if you're outside, please come and help us. Please come and teach us the ways outside so that we learn and also become international actors, international entertainers, yeah? Maybe we can talk a little bit about the role that you play in Anastoto. We have one or two people who haven't probably worked it and I encourage you guys, if you haven't, please do so. But you can brief us a little about the role that you play because I have a question on that. Slai basically is, I want to be an influencer. She found herself in nothing one way or another by mistake, because that's literally not her thing. She's not passionate about nothing. So, for her, she became, she just wants to make it, she wants to go to LA Hollywood, become a big actor. But she got herself in facility one way or another. I don't know how, but yeah, Slai is, I want to be an influencer, but she's also very, she's a very interesting actor. I connect to Red Flux Turkey. Now, my question comes in here. Do people out there confuse Shiko now with the character that you play? Because at times they say, it's easy to choose someone who probably lives such a life to play this character in a movie or something. Is that you in real life? It is definitely not me in real life. That's what I'm telling you babe, when I got the first script, I was like, damn, will I be able to hack this character? Slai is totally different. She is crazy. She is manipulative. She is very vindictive. Like, I'm not like that. I wouldn't be a snake to my friends because Slai will come and tell you, oh my God, you look so cute. Back behind your back, she'll be like, hey, you're going to haji, you know. So that's life for you, but I'm not like her in real life completely. I'd say so. If it had probably for you to learn that new character that you have to put in and ask for it? Yes, yes, it is, it is quite a task because you have to bring it out as naturally as possible. I know many people would be like, man, I didn't even know you could speak in kusaili. Like, what should I do? So even for Anastatu, it was a challenge for me but it showed a lot of range when it comes to me as an actor. Like, it brought me to levels that I didn't know I could do. I didn't think I'd be able to be as expressive, as loud, as dramatic as I am. So Slai was a challenge, but I'm so glad we found the harmony between us. Let me ask, how do you learn this new character? Do you observe the slay queens? Yes, the way they speak, the way they talk, I watched a lot of kote, ay, ay, this one sounds so, but when I watched a lot of shows that she reflected slay, so that's what helped me build that character, yeah. Alright, thank you so much for your time and good job. Thank you so much.