Idris Elba is set to be honored at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards. The Luther star, who rose to prominence as Stringer Bell in The Wire, will receive the BAFTA Special Award, one of the British Academy’s highest honors, for creative contribution to television. Alongside his other notable roles, which away from the small screen have included Mandela: Long […]
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The future of the James Bond franchise is feeling shaky. Idris Elba, the people’s choice to take on the iconic 007 role, just confirmed he will not succeed Daniel Craig. “No,” Elba resolutely told a Good Morning Britain reporter at the premiere of his directorial debut Yardie. James Bond is having a rough week. First, the franchise’s producers announced that they had parted ways […]
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