Jacobs discusses laughs, shorts in 'Khaki Fever'

I CAUGHT up with Francois Jacobs a few days after Khaki Fever debuted on Showmax.

- DEBASHINE THANGEVELO

He was still over the moon at bagging the Best Supporting Actor accolade at this year's kykNET Silwerskerm Awards for Film and TV.

Directed by Brett Michael Innes, the R-rated comedy centres on a group of close-knit game rangers working at Zalisa Lodge, a family-owned private game reserve in South Africa, run by Anel (Trix Vivier), who is a stickler for rules.

Although she isn't a fan of her rangers' reckless behaviour - or their nicknames for each other - she is distracted by Magda (Ilse Klink), an insufferable guest who refuses to leave until they locate her French bulldog, Chardonnay.

Meanwhile, her rangers - Marco (Abel Knobel), Daniel (Christopher Jaftha), Albie (Francois Jacobs), Stoffel (Liam Bosman), Cobus (Sean Brebnor) and Nicola (Anja Taljaard) - have a secret wager going for the "King of Khaki" title.

Whoever bags the most hookups walks away with the tips at the end of the season.

While Jaftha is the film's drawcard with his come-hither looks, charm, chiselled features, and six-pack, Jacobs, for me, stood out for his character's side-splittling sexcapades and punchlines.

On his first-ever Silwerskerm win, the Black Gold actor said: "It's my second time nominated, and it came as such a shock; I didn't really expect it. It means that people actually appreciate your work."

After Michael Innes revealed in another interview that all those insanely funny lines were penned by Jacobs, he revealed more about this joke book that's been percolating over time.