Idris Elba
Carway Tang / WireimageIdris Elba Remember how he was preparing to play Nelson Mandela In the movie 2013 Mandela: A long march towards freedom.
“In 2013, when I was Prepare to play Nelson Mandela in the movie A long march towards freedom“I spent tonight in a cell on Robin Island, 12 km outside the Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned from 1964 to 1982.” Sunday Times.
He continued: “I got an incredible honor to photograph this great man until that night, I was not fully aware of the importance of stealing more than 20 years of life from him. He had to persuade the authorities to allow me to stay there, and they finally agreed.”
Elba explained that the place “carries a lot of bad memories”, which is “certainly haunted”, adding that he “heard strange voices all night” even though he was “the only person there.”
Idris Elba made a trip through the memory corridor during the 2024 actresses of the Screen Representatives Syndicate Awards and remember a funny story related to Berber de Nero. “When I just started in this work, I was 19 years old.
“I had a bucket, a fluffy bed, and a blanket. “They kept the lights lit because this is what they used to do and did not sleep much,” Elba recalls. “It was a frightening experience, but it certainly gave me a stronger link with Mandela.”
The film tells the biography of the Mandela life journey, including 27 years in prison before becoming the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Nelson Mandela
Guy Telem / Agence Agency France PressMandela He died in 2013 At the age of 95 years. The news of his death was officially announced when the credits were shown during the premiere of a movie in London. Mandela: A long march towards freedom. The entire hall witnessed a minute of silence for two minutes at the end of the movie. After the show, the audience applauded and stood with a warm welcome.
When the film was released in 2013, Elba states that he was tense when the film was shown to the fans of South Africa.
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He recalls, “In South Africa, they were very silent, and I wondered why this.” diverse. “I thought they might not like it, but they were only absorbed. You have to remember that the struggle for freedom in South Africa is about 25 years old. When we got there, it was a real reaction.”
project Anant Singh He also showed a scene from the film for Mandela and shared his reaction when seeing Elba. He said: “Idris Elba saw that he was the old Mandela in the artificial ends of Mandela, and said:” Is this I? “
