Idris Elba has urged youngsters to “make an impact” by tackling issues like racism and knife crime. The Luther actor, 47, told of his childhood in Hackney, East London, at a We Day UK charity event.
He told the audience of 12,000 schoolchildren and teachers: “Happy is my normal. Yes, there was crime. Yes, there was poverty.
Yes, there were gangs. “Some of the people I grew up with, people I saw around the neighbourhood, went down the wrong path, ended up doing the wrong thing. “I was different.
I was lucky, maybe. I wanted different things. I was an only child by immigrant parents from Sierra Leone, west Africa." He added: "And they worked hard for what they had.
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