Despite Marvel blockbusters and a DJ set at Coachella, IdrisElba remains an international man of mystery. So how did a London kid conquer Hollywood?
. In an intriguing example of the kind of race-blind casting the 007 movies haven’t yet learned to imitate with their most iconic role, he starred in the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’sas the mysterious Gunslinger, locked in eternal battle with Matthew McConaughey. The movie, which is better than you’ve probably heard, tanked.
Elba says he’s not I.P.-obsessed. “I don’t sit and go, I’m going to take this role because it’s franchisable,” he says. On the other hand, he’s also an actor, and to the extent that ego is involved in these choices, he’s self-aware. “I think it’s one of those pinnacle things that actors strive towards, to have that one character where people go, ‘.’ And it branches off into its own universe and fan base. Every actor loves the idea of having their own franchise.
Elba has given it a lot of thought. “The myth is that cats have nine lives, and he”—Macavity—“has one left. So he’s desperate to be acknowledged, and he’s slightly unhinged, and he’s obviously met death a few times and gotten past it. The character has complexities, and I think that Tom Hooper...wanted someone who could pull off that stuff—meanwhile singing and dancing and meowing.”
Jacket and T-shirt by Louis Vuitton; pants by Dries Van Noten; ring by Givenchy. Throughout: hair products by Philip B; grooming productsThe experience of it was, of course, different. “You know that whole Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours,” he says. “I had put my work in. And so yeah, it was sort of like, crawl crawl crawl crawl c-r-a-w-l—stop—crawl—RUN! It really was that for me.
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