Vikings in Malco’s Prison Logic

The movie tells of Malco’s alter ego Tijuana Jackson who is an ex-convict set on becoming a renowned life coach. The couple joined Malco at the end of March to shoot their part in the upcoming movie.

Their international movie debut comes after soca star Machel Montano debuted his own movie, Bazodee in 2015 in TT.

Malco is known for his roles in such films as 40-year-old Virgin, Almost Christmas, The Love Guru, Think Like a Man, Baby Mama, The Tuxedo among others.

In an interview with Newsday, Fay-Ann said they got involved with the project after, “He [Malco] put out a casting call and Ian was like he saw there was a casting call for the movie. And he [Romany] was like, ‘yeah would you all like to be in it?’ And we were like, ‘sure’. They then made the arrangements and we came up there.” Bunji and Malco have been friends for a while. His TT connection kept him aware of things happening in the West Indian community.

“Being from Trinidadian background he has always represented West Indian and their stuff in New York or LA. He has always supported whatever is happening on the West Indian circuit. He is abreast of what is happening on the music and things like that.” Bunji plays Malco’s best friend, Upgrade, and Fay-Ann plays Sexton, head of the dog and prisoners’ rehabilitation programme.

The experience taught the couple a lot about the acting world.

“We went on set like regular actors.

Did the whole filming. Had to do our part and get into character and costuming...I would say of the process it is very, very time-consuming. You literally have to do takes over and over and it takes like an hour to get one scene or particular things done. I have an even greater respect for actors.” While the acting experience was completely new for them, Fay-Ann acted before but it was her first time being in a film.

The late TV personality Marcia Henville introduced her to acting and encouraged her to continue working at it.

The couple has opened up to doing more work in the acting field.

“Yes, we will be doing more film work. Malco has already extended an invitation to us for other films he will be doing.” They have already accepted Malco’s invitation and will be ready when he calls for them to be a part of future projects.

While they will be doing more film work, eager fans might have to wait a while before they see a Viking movie on screen.

“It is something that we definitely think we should get into because the possibilities are endless.

There are so many types of movies, types of things for new talent, new energy and new vibe.” “We have not discussed nor contemplated doing our own movie because we understand the logistics behind it and we know that it is a lot of work. It costs so much when you don’t have the funding to be able to do the kind of movie that you want to.

“He [Malco] did crowdfunding [funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet] which is a concept we did not know