Idris Elba appears to cryptically address ‘Luther’ diversity drama in new post

nme.com:

Luther star Idris Elba has appeared to respond to the recent drama surrounding the diversity of the BBC show.Earlier this week, the BBC’s diversity chief Miranda Wayland criticised the crime drama, saying it didn’t provide an “authentic” Black lead character.Citing reasons including that Luther “doesn’t have any Black friends” and doesn’t eat any Caribbean food,” Wayland wrote: “When it first came out everybody loved the fact that Idris Elba was in there – a really strong, Black character lead.“But after you got into the second series you got kind of like, OK, he doesn’t have any Black friends, he doesn’t eat any Caribbean food, this doesn’t feel authentic.”In a new Instagram post this week (April 14), Elba appeared to cryptically respond.