Idris Elba's daughter Isan lost out on a role in 'Beast' for a surprising reason.
This weekend, the Idris Elba-starring survival thriller Beast hits theaters nationwide. The man vs. nature flick features Elba as a recently widowed father who has to protect his daughters from a man-eating lion while on vacation in South Africa, and it has just been revealed that Elba's real-life daughter, Isan Elba, auditioned and lost out on the role to play one of her dad's on-screen kids.
According to Insider, Elba said, "She wants to be an actress and she auditioned. And you know, it came down to chemistry in the end. You know, my daughter, she was great, but the relationship in the film and the relationship with my daughter was — the chemistry wasn’t right for film, weirdly enough. My daughter didn’t talk to me for about three weeks.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Beast producer Will Packer also commented on the matter, saying “Idris is right, some of the nuances of that real-life relationship sometimes doesn’t translate on screen.” Young up-and-coming actresses Iyana Halley and Leah Sava Jeffries ended up winning the roles of Elba's children in the film. Beast also stars District 9 actor Sharlto Copley. Beast is directed by Baltasar Kormákur from a script by Ryan Engle.
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