Or, if you’re Idris Elba, you spend a night in prison. Back in 2013, Idris Elba played Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. "In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson ... I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned from 1964 to 1982,” Elba ...

A former young offender who has turned his life around after going to prison three times and is now mentoring young people is ...

Viewers who tuned into the BBC documentary Idris Elba: Our Knife Crisis had nothing but praise for the Hollywood actor as ...

The knife crime crisis in the UK came into the spotlight yet again after Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to 52 years in ...

In BBC One’s sobering documentary, the actor meets the King, Prime Minister and victim’s families, each of whom offer few ...

Fans said it was “powerful” viewing after it aired on Wednesday, 29 January, with many praising Elba for raising awareness.

Idris Elba says he ‘heard strange noise’s during his night in a South African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela role (Getty Images for Paramount Pictu) However, he still took value from ...

Elba clearly didn't enjoy his overnight stay. The prison is no longer in use, which meant he was the only person there during that time, but that may have actually made things worse. The actor ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times ...