Idris Elba

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q342604: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (8 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (8) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career pattern): Idris Elba → Suicide Squad. Elba keeps playing supporting parts in franchises (Thor, Suicide Squad), so Man-at-Arms feels like a continuation.
    “I mean, he was literally in the Thor films.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:24:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career arc): Idris Elba → Beasts of No Nation. Elba's first real leading part after The Wire was in a streaming film; he won a SAG award for it but got no Oscar nomination.
    “he wins best supporting actor at the SAG Awards that year for Beast of No Nation and is not nominated for the Oscar.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:26:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Idris Elba → The Wire. Elba got very famous through The Wire's late-arriving HBO Go audience, so he is now too big for Heimdall's small part.
    “The wire got really big around this time because of HBO Go.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:41:12 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Idris Elba → Luther. Elba's low billing hides that he was becoming an internet boyfriend via Luther, and the Wire rediscovery.
    “he was so clearly becoming like an internet boyfriend.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:46:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Thor: The Dark World → Idris Elba. Heimdall is where it shows Elba is too famous for the role; the franchise gives him an action scene to keep him.
    “Idris Elba is officially too famous for this role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:39:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Black Panther → Idris Elba. Elba, stuck as Heimdall, could have played the Forest Whitaker part or the Daniel Kaluuya part in Black Panther.
    “he could have played the Forrest Whitaker part.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:40:35 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Idris Elba: Elba's Heimdall gets a stunt where he stabs a spaceship; the speakers say these movies must give him an action scene.
    “so cool to stab a spaceship with a knife.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:58:24 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)