Idris and football
Has been a huge fan of Arsenal Football Club since age 15, although admits only to having gone to two matches. His father is a supporter of Manchester United Football Club (interview on arsenal.com website February 2010).
Remarkable life experiences
Recalling the incident while filming the Netflix film Beasts of No Nation, in which he plays the warlord Commandant, Elba told The Jonathan Ross Show:
I nearly died … We decided to do this waterfall scene where all these child soldiers were walking behind this massive waterfall.
Cary Fukunaga, the director, decided to shoot it for real. We went to this waterfall and in this scene my character is standing there watching all the child soldiers go past. Now in the setup of that, the stunt co-ordinator says, ‘Listen everyone, this is a waterfall, that’s a 90, 100ft drop down there and the ground is very slippery, just be careful!’
I put my foot on this rock just to hang out and chill out while they were setting up and as I’m doing that it’s slippery, obviously. I slip … I put my hand on this tree – it’s not a tree, it’s a branch. It snaps and I go literally about six feet before I go bang over and I got caught by the security guy.”
It was a great experience though, that was my most harrowing [film to shoot]”, Elba concluded.
Also, Idris Elba once lost a son he supposedly had with K Michelle to another man when he discovered he was not the one that fathered the child. He once opened up on the adverse effects of his profession on his personal life:
It’s quite a selfish profession being an actor. And it definitely has detrimental effects on your personal life.”
The latest remarkable, and apparently unpleasant experience of Idris Elba was his being ordered by his doctor to skip the Golden Globes Event, even though he’s a double nominee for the Golden Globes Award.
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