Popstars to watch on Showmax

Famous musicians are just like the rest of us – once in a while they get bored in their careers and their normal famous lives and decide to try something new, like say acting. It doesn’t always work out as we’ve seen from the stream of terrible movies and bad acting from certain musicians who might as well just stick to selling out tour tickets. While the jury is still out on a number of musicians who just can’t seem to replicate their music success into their acting careers, some like Jennifer Hudson – who killed it in Dreamgirls – have made a name for themselves in both worlds. Here are some popstars that you will find on Showmax, trying their luck in various movie and TV roles. Did they nail it? You be the judge.

1. Ed Sheeran: Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is known for stirring things up and shocking fans in a big way, but not quite like it did when it added English megastar Ed Sheeran to its seventh season cameo line-up. No soldier has ever looked as out of place as Sheeran, who played a Lannister soldier, complete with an armour and a red cape. As if GoT was playing some cruel joke on Sheeran’s fans, they placed him on Arya Stark’s path as she headed home after her massacre on House Frey. Aren’t we all glad that Arya’s killer instincts and thirst for revenge didn’t get the better of her, and instead she saw the humanity in these folk-singing Lannister soldiers?

But Ed Sheeran’s brief appearance is not the only cameo on Game of Thrones. For instance, did you know that the role of Melissandre, the Red Woman, is played by Dutch singer Carice Van Houten? Or that members of popular bands Coldplay, Snow Patrol and Of Monsters and Men also make an appearance in previous seasons? Don’t forget to catch Sheeran in Game of Thrones on Showmax.

2. Zendaya: KC Undercover and Euphoria

Zendaya hasn’t released any album since 2013 but the former Disney star is probably too busy owning the red carpets and starring in a series of iconic roles in Hollywood. In 2017, Zendaya joined Marvel Cinematic Universe as Michelle Jones in Spider-Man: Homecoming, putting a fresh spin on Spiderman’s MJ, a role she will reprise in the 2019 sequel Spider-Man: Away From Home. Zendaya also starred alongside Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron in the Oscar-nominated The Greatest Showman, and has appeared in a series of TV shows including Black-ish and kids’ favourite KC Undercover. She also plays the main character in the HBO teen series that’s for adults only, Euphoria, which is now streaming on Showmax.

3. Hilary Duff: Younger | Only on Showmax

It’s hard to remember when you last heard a Hilary Duff song but it must have been somewhere in 2015 when she released her fifth album. Babies born in the late 90s and in the 2000s must think I’m making this up but yes, Hilary Duff was a consistent singer once. Well, life happens and people move on. These days you can find her as the fabulous and smart publishing wunderkind Kelsey Peters in the hit comedy-drama Younger, S1-5 on Showmax. One of her singles – Outlaw – even made it onto Younger’s S1 soundtrack.