Friday, March 4, 2011

Interesting Quote: Idris Elba


"It's so ridiculous. We have a man [Thor] who has a flying hammer and wears horns on his head. And yet me being an actor of African descent playing a Norse god is unbelievable? I mean, Cleopatra was played by Elizabeth Taylor, and Gandhi was played by Ben Kingsley."

Sexy, I mean, Idris talking about the uproar over him playing a Norse God

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5 comments:

  1. DaijMarch 4, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    I heard about this a couple days ago. He made a couple great points. He's right.

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  2. DamienMarch 4, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Absolutely - once upon a time all the asians in films were portrayed by Western actors with eye-liner in an asian outline...........

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  3. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    Mr Elba will be making a lot of black kids proud.

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  4. Todd HellsKitchenMarch 5, 2011 at 2:44 AM

    Creative casting? LOL

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  5. AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 1:28 AM

    They're not Norse Gods anyway! They're aliens who think they're Norse Gods. That's the way good old Jack chose to interpret it.

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