Idris Elba Responds To ‘Unintelligent Argument’ About Black British Actors Taking American Roles
Idris Elba doesn’t want to be pigeonholed has just a Brit.
Sitting down for an interview on “The Shop”, the “Beast” actor responded to a common criticism about Black American roles being taken by British actors.
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The conversation when in that direction when actress Naomie Jackie’s casting as Whitney Houston in the upcoming biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” came up.
“You know what I noticed? You said Black women in America versus an English woman,” Elba said to host Maverick Carter, who had said that some Black women in America might not be happy with a British actress playing the iconic American singer. “Like being English makes you less Black? To me, that defines how unintelligent the argument is. No disrespect to anyone who has that feeling, it is what it is.
Sitting down for an interview on “The Shop”, the “Beast” actor responded to a common criticism about Black American roles being taken by British actors.
Read More: Idris Elba Is Tired Of Being Asked About Those James Bond Rumours: ‘I Have No More Answers’
The conversation when in that direction when actress Naomie Jackie’s casting as Whitney Houston in the upcoming biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” came up.
“You know what I noticed? You said Black women in America versus an English woman,” Elba said to host Maverick Carter, who had said that some Black women in America might not be happy with a British actress playing the iconic American singer. “Like being English makes you less Black? To me, that defines how unintelligent the argument is. No disrespect to anyone who has that feeling, it is what it is.
- 9/2/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
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