【romantica erotice whattpat】

When you think of Idris Elba,romantica erotice whattpat the first thing to spring to mind might be his legendary role as Stringer Bell in The Wire.

Or maybe you think of him going head-to-head with Matthew McConaughey in the blockbuster adaption of Stephen King's Dark Towerseries, or hunting serial killers in the London-based crime drama Luther.

What you probably wouldn't think of are comedies and musicals. At least not yet.

SEE ALSO: Cool guy Idris Elba shows off his smooth 'Tonight Show' dance moves

Elba is keen to do more of both, though. At a roundtable event last year to promote his new semi-autobiographical comedy series In the Long Run, he spoke about his desire to try his hand at more light-hearted roles.

"I like it," explained Elba. "I like the freedom of it. I think with drama obviously you follow a narrative in a certain way.

"But with comedy you can on the day come up with something really stupid and make the crew laugh that actually might work in the show. I love doing that."

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

Set on an estate in 1980s London, In the Long Runis a snapshot of Elba's own childhood. Elba stars as Walter, a character based loosely on his own father, while the young actor Sammy Kamara plays Kobna -- a boy based on Elba himself. It could easily have been a coming-of-age drama rather than a comedy, but Elba explained that he was keen to keep it light.

"I wanted to make it a comedy because I wanted to try my hand at comedy -- doing a comedic role, at which I fail miserably!" he joked. "But that said it felt too heavy to be a drama; it felt like there was a statement to be made if we did a drama and we didn't want to do that. I didn't want to focus on racism from a point of view of like, 'Oh my God, this is what it was like in the '80s'.

Mashable Top Stories Stay connected with the hottest stories of the day and the latest entertainment news. Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

"So we wanted to take a comedic stance, and like I said selfishly I wanted to... I wanted to be in Only Fools and Horses, you know what I mean, I just never got the audition."

So does Elba find comedy challenging, given he's largely starred in dramas, thrillers, and big budget blockbusters?

"It is a challenge, yeah, because if I'm honest I tend to overcook it," he said.

"[The script] feels very funny, period. When I'm acting in comedy I tend to egg it up a little bit. But I enjoy doing it because my old man was a bit like that."

"I never want to be that person that says, 'Oh, I wish I did it'."

What comes across most at the roundtable is how keen Elba is to take on new challenges, and work on the things he's passionate about -- and how he's not afraid to put the work in to get those projects made.

"Sometimes you have to sacrifice certain things if you want things," said Elba. "My mum and dad were very much like that -- they worked all the time, but never really achieved the things they wanted to. And I remember growing up thinking I'd rather just achieve the things I want.

"I never want to be that person that says, 'Oh, I wish I did it'. I just want to do it."

Aside from comedy and doing more work behind the camera (Elba also produced and helped write In the Long Run) is there anything else in his career he's keen to achieve that he hasn't done yet?

"A musical," Elba said. "I would love to do a musical. It's just something I haven't done that I would like to do."

Watch this space...

All episodes of In the Long Run(Sky One) are available on 29 March.

---

Featured Video For You

---

---

Topics Celebrities

• Life
• Science
• Digital Culture
• Deals
• Entertainment
• Social Good
• Tech
• Games

• Contingent No More
• “Own It!”: The Most Grating Phrase of the Moment
• How to break up with someone
• Staff Picks: Castellanos Moya, John Koethe, Esopus
• Your 'wrong person' texts may be linked to Myanmar warlord
• 'Quordle' today: See each 'Quordle' answer and hints for October 15, 2023
• Influencers are being banned from cafes, even towns. Why?
• Bumble expands nonbinary app experience and gender options
• LinkedIn launches ‘Zip,’ a brain
• The 10 best and funniest tweets of the week, including a squid guy and alcoholic salad dressing

• 10 highest
• It's time to suck it up and start doing Zoom happy hours again
• 11 ways to virtually visit Santa this holiday season
• Meet the Muslim YouTuber making people laugh as he tackles extremism and Islamophobia
• 'The Mandalorian' just dropped a major reveal...and more
• Taylor Swift loves brands, so her face will be on UPS trucks
• Janet Mock asks Kim Kardashian tough and important questions in new interview
• YouTube suspends, demonetizes Trump’s favorite TV news network over COVID
• Coinbase comments on negative NYT story ahead of publishing
• Germany's giant wooden penis has gone missing

• Operation Mensch
• A Note to the Teen Reading Sartre’s “Critique of Dialectical Reason” on My Flight Today
• TikTokkers show off their eclectic music taste with the, 'This is music' trend
• 'The Fall of the House of Usher': Verna's name holds a clue you may have missed
• Amazon Spring Sale 2025: Best Apple AirPods 4 with ANC deal
• What the World Needs Now Is More Geodesic Domes
• Listen to Djuna Barnes Read from “The Antiphon,” 1971
• Four Episodes in the Life of Einstein’s Mother
• The cicadas aren't invading the U.S.
• How can men help dismantle misogyny and violence? This book will tell you how.

• 'Severance' Reddit theory may have answered the 'Cold Harbor' mystery
• I Feel Sorry for People Who Don’t Suffer Fools
• Which 'Fall of the House of Usher' episode is which Poe story?
• This 'Fall of the House of Usher' song revealed the show's ending
• 5 Affordable Last
• 'Gangnam Style': The first YouTube video to hit 1 billion views turns 10
• Janine di Giovanni: The Art of War Reporting
• How to break up with someone
• Mary Shows Up
• Karl Ove Knausgaard, Publisher