Luther actor Idris Elba is set to interview former Beatle Paul McCartney for a 60-minute BBC One holiday special. Produced by The Graham Norton Show outfit So Television, Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney will be filmed in London over the coming weeks in line with local Covid-19 rules. Elba, who moonlights as a musician and DJ, will interview McCartney about his career as one of the […]
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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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There are a lot of actors who could play 007 once Daniel Craig retires from the role he despises: Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender (even though he’s Irish), Tom Hiddleston (of Hiddleswift fame), David Oyelowo (who actually voices the character in the audiobooks). Hell, even controversially-mustached human man Henry Cavill thinks he has what it takes. But there’s only one actor […]
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Idris Elba will play the villain in the Fast and Furiousspinoff, Hobbs and Shaw. Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will star in the feature, playing their Fast characters Luke Hobbs, the Diplomatic Security Service agent, and Deckard Shaw, one of the franchise’s primary bad guys. The Crown actor Vanessa Kirby will also star. The Fast franchise’s veteran scribe Chris Morgan is writing the script, with Deadpool 2 director […]
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