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Over 20 Years Later, Idris Elba Still Hasn't Watched His Most Iconic TV Show
Idris Elba's American breakout role was as Stringer Bell in The Wire, but the actor hasn't gone back to revisit his ...
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Series made him famous: Idris Elba has never watched 'The Wire'
Idris Elba played the charismatic Stringer Bell in 'The Wire' for three seasons - but the actor has no interest in watching ...
“The Wire” alum Idris Elba admits he's never watched the show — and refuses to try: 'It's weird for me'
Poehler, very much a member of the show's fan club, identified The Wire as "a series that changed my life" and revealed that ...
Idris Elba reveals shocking revelation about ‘The Wire’
Stringer Bell isn’t a fan. Idris Elba rose to fame on the acclaimed HBO crime drama “The Wire,” but he recently made a ...
Idris Elba, 52, Admits To Never Having Watched His 95% Rotten Tomatoes Crime Series
With a near-perfect critics’ score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, The Wire remains one of the greatest crime drama series of all time. Over a five-season run, the series used dramatized situations to shed ...
Despite playing one of TV's most iconic villains, Idris Elba reveals why he will never watch The Wire: "It's weird for me to go back and watch it"
Elba played erudite but cold-hearted gangster Stringer Bell in three seasons of The Wire, one of the leaders of the drug ring ...
Idris Elba worked a ‘grim' factory job before Hollywood fame: 'Nothing compares to doing that'
Before landing his breakout role on “The Wire,” Idris Elba had to work hard jobs to stay afloat, he said on a recent episode ...
Idris Elba makes career confession that stuns fans
The Wire wrapped in 2008 and Idris stepped into a larger career. He starred in Luther, a British psychological thriller ...
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Idris Elba Reveals Why He Refuses to Watch The Wire: 'There Was a Part of Me That Died With That Character'
Idris Elba shot to fame while playing Stringer Bell in The Wire, the realistic crime drama considered by some to be the best ...
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'A Part of Me Died with That Character': Idris Elba Explains Why He's Never Watched This Acclaimed TV Drama
Attesting to The Wire's enduring legacy, Idris Elba said some fans still remember him best for the drama series. Having played the pragmatic, savvy crime boss Stringer Bell for th ...
Netflix Is Hiding An Underrated Idris Elba Series Fans Are Calling ‘Bloody Awesome’ & ‘Absolute Banger’
Idris Elba stars in Turn Up Charlie, a fun Netflix mini-series about a DJ-turned-nanny rediscovering his passion for music.
Idris Elba had reservations about Stringer Bell's fate on “The Wire”: 'I was a little bit against some of that'
After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell. But when he first got word ...