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To promote the upcoming second season of the very great BBC cop drama Luther, which is so great, Idris Elba answered questions that people submitted on Facebook. Idris Elba! Stringer Bell! But also Luther! (If it isn’t clear by now, you should be watching Luther, and if you aren’t, fucking fix it.) Now, all of these questions are very dry and kind of sound like they were written by a Publicity Robot whose job was to Make Everything Sound A Little Bit Boring. Except that it’s Idris Elba doing the answering. So actually it is pretty great. I could listen to him answer questions about what it was like making THE PHONEBOOK and still enjoy it. No pooftero. Supposedly there are five installments of Ask Idris Elba, but the BBC has only uploaded four. That’s plenty, although I do hope that the main mystery detective John Luther has to solve in the coming season is what happened to the fifth installment of the YouTube publicity interview?! What a game of cat and mouse he could play with such a mystery. I’ve also posted the new trailer for Series 2 (in England they call “seasons” of television “series,” which is why they lost the Revolutionary War, I think?). It looks great, obviously.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
And here is the new trailer!
Yup. Yes. (Thanks for the tip, Mike.)
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Where’s Part 5, String?
And other Wire-related fun.
I am sincerely disappointed this is the only reference to “Where’s Wallace” on this entire comment thread. Shame on you all.
Where do you get your ideas?
Will you marry me?
Do you ever forget that you’re British? Because I do
Related to the last question: do you ever forget that you are basically a giant? You are like 3 feet taller than everyone else on Luther!
Do drug dealers really take economics classes? Asking for a friend.
Can you please be on Game of Thrones with all your other British friends?
Jalabar Xho!!!!
I’m getting the impression Game of Thrones is like a New England country club. Whites only.
Has anyone seen a black person on that show? I don’t remember.
I could have sworn I saw Lt. Daniels in a promo for it, so I’ve been expecting him to show up, but he hasn’t, and now that I’ve actually taken the time to check imdb, no, he isn’t in it. That was actually the reason I started watching, now that I think about it.
Also, why a New England country club? Yankeeist.
Southern? I have no idea where racist country clubs actually are. I’m hoping they don’t even exist (post-racial America!), but I doubt that’s true.
Damn you guys, Luther Vandross looks goooooood.
I was wondering if this comment was too much. But then I realized it was never too much. Never too much. Never toooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuch!
Why won’t Words With Friends let me play your name for maximum points?
By all means, watch Luther. But start with Season 4.
Are you Smart Balance olive oil spread? Because you are on a roll.
Stringer Bell actually sounds like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins… 404 ERROR FILE NOT FOUND.
Did you know your name is an Anagram for “Dials Brie?” This brings me to my second question, do you have Alison Brie’s phone number?
I watched that movie “Obsessed” with Beyonce just because he played the husband. It was beyond horrible! But he was great!
see also: he is the reason i watched Thor
Added to queue! I have my own promise and it’s called the Idris Elba Promise.
Netflix seems to thing I would give “Obsessed” 1.8 stars, but it has not factored in the Idris Elba quotient, which automatically adds 2 stars.
I meant “think.” Why must typos always shame me?!!!!!!!!
Amendment: I will NOT be watching “Ghost Rider II.”
Stringer, are you Team werttrew or Team Patrick M?
I think he’d be Team Patrick M, since he’s not in Season 4?
Also, I didn’t really like Luther. Idris is great, but Season 1 was pulpy and lurid and improbable past the point of enjoyment for me. In its defense, however, it was never boring.
So in your notebooks, is it Idris Delahaye or Gabe Elba?
Sweet deal!
Part one: around 30 seconds in,
ear twitch for emphasis, pretty good.
I always thought that in England, “seasons” of television were called “lorries”?
Someone HAD to make this joke. Today that someone was me. Tomorrow? Maybe it’s you…
That’ll do, dude. That’ll do.
This will always be my favourite Idris:
His best work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQpElAAnco&feature= related (warning: slooow build up)
Are these very spoilery about Luther? I just realized it’s on instant watch, so I’ll be starting it tonight, should I just come back to this?
WHERE IS MY SHERLOCK??
Seriously, people need to get going. I need my SHERLOCK.
Luther is awesome though.
Don’t say “poofter” Gabe. You’re better than that.
I know it’s UK English, and as such it’s quaint and picturesque and cute, but it is really our equivalent of “faggot”.
Here is part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y-63rMtK4U
Side note: I just learned that Idris Elba played one of the male prostitutes in an episode of Ab Fab! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKlXWWOOW3k
Question: I watched the first episode of Luther, and while I have a giant crush on Idris Elba, i did NOT think it was very good? Am I alone? Should I watched the 2nd episode before truly deciding? Pls help!