Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 06. September 1972 |
Geburtsort | London |
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Beschreibung | Idrissa Akuna „Idris“ Elba OBE (* 6. September 1972 in Hackney, London, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler, Filmproduzent und Musiker. Für seine Darstellung des John Luther in der BBC-Fernsehserie Luther wurde er für zahlreiche Fernsehpreise nominiert und gewann unter anderem 2012 einen Golden Globe sowie 2016 einen SAG-Award. |
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.
You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching 'Daddy's Little Girls' literally in tears.
The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.
White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.
