'Luther' star Idris Elba opens up about his West African roots, the private life of a public figure, and the lessons he’s learnt along the way
it would be, OK, this isMandela. Because Denzel is a man of stature. Like Denzel playing Othello. I didn’t think I quite qualified.Luther, he’s probably the character that’s most like me,
in real life. He has so much conviction. He doesn’t try to overcomplicate things. He gets to the point. I love the writing. It’s fun to play. Hopefully this is a series of movies expanding the John Luther stories, bigger canvas, more bandwidth to find out who he is, understand him a bit more.and I think it would be amazing if you didn’t ask it. People will be like,being in the public eye, there are cool groups, people who have got a lot more attention than me.
In the film industry, you always think: worst-case scenario, what would happen if there were an explosion? What would I do? What would happen if this guy walks in and he’s kicking off? I’d have to fucking knock him out. They’re kind of dark thoughts. But depending on how you decipher what I’m saying, I think there might be readers who will go, “Yeah, man. I kind of relate.”I take my vitamins. So my skin looks good, my eyes are bright, my body is in shape.
but you aren’t as a parent. Dad advice is dad advice. I’m not going to give my daughter different advice from my son because she’s a girl.My brain has the power of computers unknown to us yet. Computers can do multiple things at the same time, and so can our brains. All the things I do, it’s the same source, different applications.that I’m pretty proud of. A little bit of a love letter to my old man, and to Nelson Mandela at the same time. Proud of, the film I directed.
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