Idris Elba Talks Overcoming Horse Allergy for 'Concrete Cowboy' Drama at Toronto Film Festival
"I couldn't see what I was doing, I couldn't breathe," the 'Suicide Squad' star said about learning to ride horses for Ricky Staub's father-and-son drama.— despite being allergic to the animals.
The father and son drama, set in North Philadelphia, portrays a troubled teen, played by McLaughlin, torn between a life of crime and the urban-cowboy lifestyle of his estranged father .star said he learned to ride horseback to ensure realism for his role as an urban cowboy."It goes beyond just learning how to ride a horse. Very quickly, you have to have a bond with the horse," Elba recalled.production used in many cases horses belonging to Hollywood wranglers.
Staub befriended some of the Black cowboys at the Fletcher Street stable and eventually pitched the father-and-son drama, based on a Gregory Neri novel calledConcrete Cowboy
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