Thomas is a good, honest, honourable soul. But finding your feet in a new country is hard and Thomas needs to support his family. He needs money, and friends, but his mum is on his case.
MERVEILLE LUKEBA
Plays Thomas
Merv has a lot of similarities with Thomas:
“I find it easy to identify with Thomas. He’s African - I’m African, he’s from the Congo - I’m from the Congo, he speaks French and I speak French. I found Thomas within me. He has a very distinctive accent and luckily the producers were happy with the accent I did in my audition. It’s hard to do his African accent well, as Thomas is innocent and nice, you can’t do the stereotypical masculine African accent.”
“Thomas is a character who has just moved from Africa – from the Congo. He is very poor and has come to Bristol to find a better living. He arrives and doesn’t know where to start. He meets two young ladies at a bus stop and they introduce him to the circle of friends that are the Skins characters.”