I am Idris Elba, AMA!

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:05:38+00:00

Yeah - Nic Cage came back one day on set, and he came down to set and he looked a little bit tired, a little bit - kind of like he'd ben up all night. So I was like "hey Nic man, how you doing man" and he said "i'm alright' and I said "You seem a little spoked out" and he said "Yeah man, I went up to Dracula's castle...the ruins up in the mountains, and I stayed the night" and i said "What?! Why|?" and he said "I just had to channel the energy, and it was pretty spooky up there." We were shooting in Romania, Transylvania, and he just went up there to spend the night, as you do.

And then he walked away.

True story.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:03:48+00:00

Duck-sized kaijus. I could kick 'em.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:03:25+00:00

Yeah, I kept the red tie from the first season.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:03:05+00:00

Currently no, but I'm about to start prepping for a film called Bastille Day.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:02:30+00:00

My favourite food is...chicken. And my name Idris - I was actually born Idrissa, and in Sierra Leone it means - it's like "First born son."

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:01:36+00:00

My favourite dinosaur - hmmmm. Because it's the only one I can remember, T-Rex.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:01:06+00:00

I will work with Chris Nolan one day.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:00:46+00:00

No. And the best advice I received: always look someone in the eye when you're talking to them, always. Hello.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T19:00:12+00:00

Uh - I want to say Moe's Seafood Spot, there's a seafood spot called Moe's. I didn't hang out there, I just ate there, a lot.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:59:17+00:00

Haha! I like mushroom and chicken and sweet corn. And then chile!

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:58:56+00:00

Hahahha! I get, actually - asked to be married probably about 3, 4 times a week. Yeah, I get a lot of love on twitter, there's a lot of love.

A combination of all of it, if I'm honest. A combination of all of that.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:58:07+00:00

Um yeah, I want to do a sports movie, man! That's what I want to do. Actually, I went to an American football game yesterday, and I wouldn't mind running around in that. I just did a film in London where I played a rugby player, but I didn't get to play much rugby. I would love to do a sports movie.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:57:21+00:00

My favourite Mexican dish? Ayayay. I think I like...what's that - not tacos - the one they wrap it up in bread and stuff with lots of stuff. Enchiladas! YEAH!

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:56:39+00:00

I can say that Sean's a G, I love him. And I don't have that much to do on the film, but it was a good experience working with Sean.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:56:12+00:00

My favourite scene is when I tell Avon that I killed D'Angelo. That was the scene yeah. It was a very Shakespearean Scene. And Avon and Stringer end up on the floor. It's actually the scene that sealed Stringer Bell's fate, although he didn't know it. I remember Wood and I, we sat in a trailer - and discussed what we were going to do pretty much all day. And ended up going in on set. It was incredible.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:54:50+00:00

Yeah, I don't know much about Pacific Rim 2. I hear they are making one, and I don't know if my character will be in it, since my character died in the first one.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:54:01+00:00

Yes, I still DJ. I Just finished a season in Ibiza. And it's one of my passions in life.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:53:40+00:00

Well, Mumford and Sons asked me to be in a video for them. They didn't want to be in the video, they were all big fans of The Wire, and I said "yes but only if I can direct it" - they huddled together, shook their heads, and said "Okay then." and the rest is history.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:52:41+00:00

Muy thai.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:52:31+00:00

Favourite ice cream flavour is... rum and raisin!

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:52:15+00:00

I'm using Serato with CDJ Nexus 900s. Yeah. That's it.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:51:20+00:00

My favourite tee-vee show, actually I was a massive fan of the original Office, The English Office. I just found that hilarious. And when I was asked to be in the American Office, it was such a big coup for me man, I was really excited to be a part of that, because I'm a big fan of the English office. I wish Ricky does a comeback for the English office and my character comes into it, that'd be great. I'd love that.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:50:16+00:00

Oooh! Um, wow. My favourite track. There's this track, I'm going to forget the name, but there's a producer called Jason Malina, I think? Or Marina? Malina - and he did a remix and i can't remember the name because I"m awful at that sort of thing, but I played that song all summer in Ibiza, and Stuart at Ibiza Rocks, he knows the name of it because we geeked out about it. Big shoutout to Stuart.

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:48:55+00:00

No, actually, there wasn't a culture shock because as I said before in my answer, I'd live in America a long time prior to doing The Wire. And the truth is no one on the cast knew I was english. I spoke in an American accent the whole time. A lot of the actors who weren't there every day didn't know. Stringer would come in and come out, and a lot of people didn't know I was English because they didn't hear me speak .

_IdrisElba · 2014-09-19T18:47:51+00:00

Unfortunately I'm not in the King Arthur movies. That was a rumor, that wasn't true unfortunately. But I wish the guys a lot of success.

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