Inside Danni and Siya’s wedding on Suidooster

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) arrive at their reception.

  • On the latest episode of Suidooster, Siya and Danni finally made it to the altar after facing numerous ups and downs.
  • We speak to the actors Gantane Kusch and Vashti Prins about the most anticipated wedding in soapie land and get some behind-the-scenes secrets.
  • “Just like the nature of their relationship, their wedding had so much character,” says Prins.

The road to the altar for Siya (Gantane Kusch) and Danni (Vashti Prins) on the award-winning kykNET soapie was rocky.

Their relationship, which started when Siya was in a relationship with Bianca (Simone Biscombe), was filled with many twists and turns.

Siya had to deal with the trauma of being raped and then killing his assailant; Siya’s alcoholism; and the euthanasia of her dad who had motor neuron disease, which led them to breaking up. Just when they reconciled, Siya was suspected of being a serial killer. Through all this, Danni never left Siya’s side.

Just like their relationship, their wedding didn’t go smoothly. Siya planned a surprise wedding with the help of the Ruiterbosch community, which Danni almost missed. However, the couple finally had their happy ending.

“I was so excited. I was so happy,” says Vashti Prins when she read the script for their wedding episode.

“When I read how the wedding would go, I thought it was perfect. Like the nature of their relationship, their wedding had so much character. This is exactly how I imagined Danni and Siya to get married.”

Prins adds:

I was so happy when I read it because no other wedding has been done like that.

Gantane Kusch says his first reaction was that he was happy for the couple, as it was a completion of sorts in terms of their journey.

“When I read that, I was like, ‘Oh man, finally some genuine happiness for these two,’ because Lord knows what they’ve been through. They’ve been through a lot, to say the least.”

‘A good old fashioned wedding’

While the wedding came together in a matter of days onscreen, behind the scenes, it’s just like a real wedding as it takes weeks of proper planning as every detail, such as flowers and wardrobe, matters, Suidooster’s publicist Wilmer Muller tells News24.

Although it was a surprise wedding, the production wanted to keep the theme traditional, “a good old-fashioned wedding”.

Kusch says filming the wedding episode was nerve-wracking but exciting, particularly the dance scene.

“The way our department set up their reception venue was so beautiful, and there was such elegance to it. And it was very unique to Danni and Siya. Yeah! Filming the dance in that beautiful venue was a beautiful thing.”

For Prins, it was exciting to film the episode with her co-star because “he’s just such a cool guy”.

“We genuinely have beautiful chemistry on screen, and we genuinely connect. So, I knew he would be there to make the day so much fun and to do this dance that we had to learn.”

She explains further, “It was so funny because I was stepping on my gown. He was stepping on the gown, but I felt supported through it all. I was excited because of the human that I had next to me. I knew that we were going to make magic of this whole episode. There’s such joy and excitement when you know you’re going to make magic with someone because they are supportive, just as connected, and just as dedicated to making the episode look magical for the people that need to watch it.”

SEE DANNI AND SIYA’S WEDDING ALBUM HERE:

Chris (Marcel van Heerden) walks Danni (Vashti Pri

Chris (Marcel van Heerden) walks Danni (Vashti Prins) down the aisle.

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) at t

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) at the altar.

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) fina

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) finally married.

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) arri

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) arrive at their reception.

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) have

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) have their first dance.

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) say

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) say their vows.

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) have

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) have their first dance.

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) have

Danni (Vashti Prins) and Siya (Gantane Kusch) have their first dance.

Danni (Vashti Prins) in her wedding dress from Bri

Danni (Vashti Prins) in her wedding dress from Bride & Co.

Bianca (Simone Biscombe) and Susan (Natasha van de

Bianca (Simone Biscombe) and Susan (Natasha van der Merwe) at the wedding reception.

Mymoena (Jill Levenburg) and AB (Cedwyn Joel) at t

Mymoena (Jill Levenburg) and AB (Cedwyn Joel) at the reception.

What’s next for the happy couple?

Prins hopes that the character’s love story will be a union that will teach the audience what love is and what it means to be there for another human being.

“I hope that Siya and Danni continue to be a team and that their storylines will be an inspiration whether they are doing good or bad, and how they solve them will inspire the audience,” she says.

Kusch adds that he hopes the characters will remain true to themselves and each other.

They’re on the fence about whether either would want a surprise wedding in real life.

“Maybe a surprise birthday party, but a surprise wedding. That’s a tough one,” says Kusch.

Prins adds: “I think it was sweet in the soapie world because in the soapie world, although things go wrong, they always end up going right sometimes. And in the soapie world, things sometimes magically go perfectly. But in the real world, I think I’d like to collaborate, you know, in planning my wedding if I were to get married one day.”

Suidooster airs Mondays to Fridays at 18:00 on kykNET (DStv 144) and 18:30 on kykNET & Kie (DStv 145).