Idris Elba trained to ride horses to get into character as an estranged father in Concrete Cowboys — despite being allergic to the animals. "In defense, I'm allergic to horses, OK.
I couldn't see what I was doing, I couldn't breathe," Elba said as fellow cast members ribbed him about his horseback skills during a press conference at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday.
Elba and Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin star in writer-director Ricky Staub's drama Concrete Cowboy, which has its world premiere on Sunday night in Toronto and is produced by Lee Daniels.
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