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Idris Elba
Idrissa Akuna Elba OBE (born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, writer, producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is known for roles including Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther in the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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BBC Diversity Chief Says 'Luther' "Doesn't Feel Authentic" Due to Lack of Black Friends
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hollywoodreporter.comIdris Elba's portrayal of DCI John Luther in the hit BBC crime drama Luther "doesn't feel authentic" because has no Black friends and doesn't eat Caribbean food in the series, a diversity and representation manager at the public broadcaster said Wednesday.
BBC's diversity manager Miranda Wayland discussed diversity in television and specificallyLuther in a prerecorded session for digital MIPTV.
Wayland praised the show for featuring a "really strong, Black character lead" but said it was"superficially diverse." "When it first came out everybody loved the fact that Idris Elba was in there — a really strong, Black character lead," Wayland is quoted as saying. "We all fell in love with him.
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