I just heard about the upcoming Mandela film starring Idris Elba.
Not only is the sexy British actor headlining Guillermo del Toro‘s latest sci-fi epic Pacific Rim, he will be also playing Nelson Mandela in the Oscar-baity biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. His performance as the legendary South African leader is already generating tremendous buzz.
Elba himself has not been shy about touting his upcoming movie.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Elba called his version of Mandela “hands down the best.”
He went on to clarify, “Not in terms of performance…but my film’s about his entire life. Anyone wanting to understand who Mandela was should go and watch my film.” The film chronicles his 27-year prison term and work to rebuild South Africa's segregated society.
“Morgan Freeman is outstanding. Terrence Howard is an outstanding actor. But my film is about his life,” Elba added, referring to Freeman’s 1999 movie Invictus and Howard’s depiction of Mandela in Winnie – a 2012 film which never made it to theaters.
When The Weinstein Company debuted footage from "Mandela" at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival earlier this month, Vulture noted that Elba could join Michael B. Jordan ("Fruitvale") and Forest Whitaker ("The Butler") as Best Actor nominees at the 86th annual Academy Awards. (Those films, like "Mandela," are TWC releases.) If that happens, it would be the first time three black actors were nominated in the category at the same time.
At the 69th Golden Globe Awards telecast on 15 January 2012, Elba won the Award for Best Actor in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for his portrayal of DCI Luther in the BBC Crime-Thriller series Luther.
Sources: The Grio; Huffington Post
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