‘Suzelle DIY’ drops drill for Showmax
Vlogger stars in mockumentary
YOUTUBE vlogger Julia Anastasopoulos‚ popularly known for her alter-ego Suzelle DIY‚ has teamed up with digital streaming service Showmax for its first original series.
Casting aside her Suzelle DIY alter-ego for a minute‚ Julia will star in the mockumentary series Tali’s Wedding Diary. She plays the role of Tali‚ a selfobsessed Sandton woman who moved to Cape Town and hired a documentary crew to film the build-up to her wedding to a propertyagent‚ Darren (played by popular YouTuber Anton Taylor).
Anastasopoulos said she was excited to introduce fans to a brand new character. “It’s a comedy in every sense. Wedding preparation can be a very stressful and comedic time.
“So the characters and situations will be very familiar to anyone who has had to deal with that stress before.
“The joy is that everyone can relate to it and it’s entertaining because it takes the best part of a reality show and a sitcom‚ and puts it into one package,” she said.
Anastasopoulos said she and her team came up with the idea for the show several years ago.
“We thought of this idea for a character about a stereotypical Sandton princess a while ago but really wanted to refine it and do it justice,” Anastasopoulos said.
“I grew up in Joburg surrounded by people like that and even my own wedding had many moments that I thought might make for a great comedy.”
Anastasopoulos became a local internet sensation in 2014 when she started her Suzelle DIY YouTube channel as a “bite-size‚ doit-yourself web series”.
She said she had had the odd awkward moment.
“I was sitting in a meeting with a corporate sponsor when a gentleman in the room kept anxiously looking towards the door. Eventually he burst out ‘where is Suzelle?’ I went with it for a while and even told him I didn’t know where she was.
“Eventually it became too much and I had to explain to him that Suzelle was just a character,” she said.
Tali’s Wedding Diary is set to debut on Showmax in December. — TMG