One of my fav actors that I got a chance to interview and watch his career blossom is sexy chocolate British actor Idrissa Akuna “Idris” Elba! I’m so proud of his career and on how he seems to stay out of all the drama thoughout his career. Not too many people can do that. He use to live here in Atlanta and I would see him out and about plus he use to DJ. We snapped this picture in 2006 at music producer Dallas Austin party. I loved his accent and he was such the gentlemen.
Let’s fast forward to 2014 and now his career has skyrocketed! He has done so many great things in the arts such as television, theatre and film. We loved him in Daddy’s Little Girl, Pacific Rim, Thor, Mandela and the list goes on and on. I’m always tickled to see whats next with him and now the 41-year old hunkster has launched a new project where he shows his talent as a director in his first short film called, Unstoppable collaborating with Pepsi Max’s Beats of the Beautiful Game’ project.
The six-minute film visits London in the 70’s, the golden age for international football following a stereotypical school nerd as he negotiates the gauntlet of the school playing field.
“I like the whole 70s era, the haircuts and the style, and I chose a character that is stereotypically a nerd, isn’t sporty looking…but [it] turns out that he really is good at [football], and he is unstoppable when he starts to let himself go.”
Check out the clip below and congrats to him!
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