Oh my clinching pearls! Actor Idris Elba covers this weeks Rolling Out looking very relaxed and not caring about a thing! In his interview with my friend Yvette Castlin(Editor in Chief) over at the publication, he chats about his role in No Good Deeds, being a dad, and so much more! I didnt read a damn thing! I was too busy gazing into his eyes! Gulps and passes out now tee hee! xoxo
What is fatherhood like for Elba in real life?
“I love, love children. I love being a dad; it’s one of the joys of life. In fact, you can take it all away from me tomorrow, but don’t take away my children,” he says. Aww!
He continues, “That little young girl [Mirage] was such a great little actress. She was also great to work with.”
How did he prepare for this role of playing such a deranged killer?
“The script is what the script is. I wanted to find out from people who create these situations, what’s missing in their lives. You and I may have a conscious stop button, and we know what we’re doing is wrong … but this guy doesn’t have that,” Elba says of getting into character to play Colin. The interview and cover photo shoot, which was held one day after my poolside revelation, took place at the tree-lined L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, a five-star fabuluxe hotel that sits blocks away from the famed Rodeo Drive.
What I learned during my inquiry is the U.K.-born global entertainer actually studied real-life criminals. “I wanted to research that psychosis to understand the people who are in jail for similar scenarios. My research involved looking into the mentality of someone like Colin, a troubled and anxious man on a mission. There are so many common denominators like their upbringing, neglected at child birth, abused as a child by their mum, dad or siblings, bullying, and they ended up having these similar personalities and didn’t have a conscience,” he reveals.
Elba, who has worked with producer Will Packer on a number of films, including Takers, Obsessed and This Christmas almost had to turn the role down due to his hectic schedule, which includes a second summer season of a DJ residency in Ibiza, the Balearic Islands of Spain. “I play house music. I love it. It’s my reset button. No one cares that I am an actor who deejays. They just want to hear you spin,” says Elba, who goes by Driis when he’s in this element.
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