Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit, it can be something else.
Idris ElbaI think there's a tendency for actors like myself, and I don't mean to generalize myself, but I've played 'men's men,' if you will, characters that are simmering rage and calculated. There's a trend not to play anything that is opposed to that.
Idris ElbaTelevision, for me, is a medium that I'm probably always going to be attached to, one way or another.
Idris Elba