Idris Elba says he “didn’t look at” his breakout project “The Wire”

Idris Elba may have made a mark with its role on The threadBut that doesn’t mean he was watching the show.

The 52-year-old English actor joined Amy Poehler For Tuesday, July 1, the episode of Her Good podcast and Saturday Night Live Alum, 53, could not help but rave over his performance as Stringer Bell in the early 2000s HBO drama.

“I want to stay in the present and I want to talk about the future. But if you will enjoy me, a little past, for – and I promise I will do it quickly,” Poehler told his guest. “But I’m such a big fan of The thread. ”

She added that she is aware that it has been “20 plus years” since the show was broadcast, but his creature on her show was too good for a moment to give up the opportunity to discuss it.

“You’ve talked about it over and over again, and I don’t get you to talk about it too much. But it’s a series that changed my life. I saw it three times. I could talk to you about it forever,” she said before she made a joke that they were Dressed equally.

In addition, Poehler said she asked because she was previously on a show where “almost twenty years later” people still come to her and participate in conversation about it.

“The truth is that I don’t actually talk about The thread As much as people may think, even though I definitely be, at least once a day, says someone: ‘Bro, Stringer Bell! The thread“Whatever it is, he said.

Elba landed his breakout American role and played the business criminal Russell “Stringer” Bell on Season’s 1 to 3 during the show’s five season period from 2002 to 2008.

His character was finally killed when he was shot to death by Omar (Michael K. Williams) and Mouzone (Michael Potts).

The Heads of state The actor told Poehler that it “surprises” him because of “how much impact that show had in a good way.”

After repeating it surprising him “continuously it multi -erectionally,” The thread are still discussed among “people who were not even born then.”

“If I’m really honest, I didn’t watch The thread“Said Elba. Poehler admitted that it wasn’t her first time I heard this.

“And I feel bad. It’s not that I’m not a fan of it. I was there. I did a show that was, you know, be so intense and so real, so important,” he said. “And even though we didn’t realize – I didn’t realize the importance of the show when I did. I didn’t participate in its celebration as a viewer, as hell.”

A hopeful Poehler asked if Elba could start watching the series now. His answer: “No, man.”

She asked him why, and after they both shared a spoiler alert that his character dies, he shared his reason.

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“When Stringer Bell died, it was part of me who died with that character,” Elba said. “And it’s strange for me to go back and look at it. I don’t like being too aware of how my performance is or anything because it makes me aware of doing it. I like to be in it rather than watching it.”

Series creator David Simon told Hollywood Reporter In an interview from 2019, Stringer’s death was not personal, but was largely “to make a political point”, given how Stringer tried to “reform the drug war” when “it is unnoticed.”

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