Kiefer Danger - Worse Than I Imagined!

by Biénne Huisman Published:Jun 22, 2008 Hell-raiser Kiefer Sutherland lights up local restaurants with brunette after filming the movie prequel to his hit TV show

Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland washed giant tiger prawns down with whisky just hours after fighting a mock battle with armed guerilla fighters in Cape Town.

The 41-year-old action hero was in the city for the past month to shoot a movie based on his hit television show, 24.

In the film, called Day 7, Sutherland’s 24 persona, maverick agent Jack Bauer, once again becomes entwined in an international terrorist threat, saving the day by outwitting troops brandishing AK-47s.

Production work on the movie, which is mainly set in Sangala, a fictitious African country, has moved to Los Angeles, where the few last scenes will be shot with veteran actor Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie’s father, who plays the terrorist mastermind.

The film is a prequel to 24’s seventh season, which was delayed due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.

“We’re excited about the prequel; it explores Jack’s complex emotional state and still has the suspense that fans have come to expect from 24,” said executive producer Howard Gordon.

This week, the Sunday Times met Jon Cassar, the award-winning director of 24, and actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim, between shoots at the deserted La Farge quarry in Durbanville.

The quarry was transformed into a rural wasteland with car wrecks, goats, chickens — and sheep heads being grilled on open flames. Scores of teenagers from the nearby Nyanga township huddled under blankets, braving the icy Cape drizzle to feature as rebels when the cameras started rolling.

Kae-Kazim — who moved with his family from the Bo- Kaap in Cape Town to Los Angeles a year ago — portrays their cruel leader, Ike Dubaku.

Kae-Kazim made his screen debut in a local TV campaign, later earning his international acting stripes in Hotel Rwanda and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. He went on to clinch a recurring role in 24 — a “fantastic experience indeed”.

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