British Adventure Mini Eyes Idris Elba

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• Was it really hard to find an Arab/Middle Eastern actor in a country (UK) where there is plenty of them?

  Comment by lionel — Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 4:20am PDT  Reply to this post

  • This may be a shock to you but Egypt is an African country where black Africans actually lived for centuries. Moreover, if you’ve never looked at the pictures of the Saudi Royal family, you might be surprised at how many look black.

    Comment by Bill — Saturday March 17, 2012 @ 9:35am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I suggest you Google images of Imhotep. He was a black African.

    Comment by Kharyl — Saturday July 14, 2012 @ 12:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If Elba is in, I’m there.

  It sounds interesting and slightly reminiscent of The Fountain (only slightly).

  Comment by A-K87 — Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 4:54am PDT  Reply to this post

• This is what I’ve always found interesting about UK and Japanese TV, compared to American TV.If you’re a big or rising star in Hollywood, it’s thought to be beneath you to be on TV, outside of an HBO movie.But in other countries you’ll see big actors in TV shows and limited series all the time.

  Why is there a stigma against established/successful film actors appearing on network or basic cable shows in America?

  We have been getting film actors like Ashley Judd, Cuba Gooding, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington, but they aren’t really actors who are in demand at the moment.The only actor I can think of is Kevin Bacon starring in that Fox pilot and a lot of people thought it was odd that he’d take a TV job.But when you hear Idris Elba or Colin Firth has a new show, we say cool and don’t think it’s odd at all.

  Comment by tanner — Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 7:00am PDT  Reply to this post

  • There are a lot of veteran movie actors on TV nowadays. Sigourney Weaver is in a pilot. Dustin Hoffman was on Luck (just cancelled due to horse deaths and/or low ratings, depending on who you believe.) Of course they’re not young and pretty and maybe that’s why they’re “relegated” to TV.

    There are a lot of just great actors in general in pilots this year – Terry O’Quinn, Giancarlo Esposito, F. Murray Abraham, Martin Landau, Robert Knepper, Carla Gugino etc – I’ve been very impressed by the caliber of actors for 2012-13. I wouldn’t make any assumptions that movie actors are somehow “better” than TV actors.

    A big factor here is that British (and maybe Japanese, I don’t know much about it) TV has short runs, which a movie actor can accommodate. American TV series go on for many years and make it hard to juggle a film career at the same time. So if an American movie actor commits to a TV series, that’s a big commitment on their part.

    Counterbalancing that is the very obvious fact that movies are getting stupider all the time, aimed at adolescent boys, while TV shows are getting more interesting. The success of cable seems to be dragging broadcast along in its wake and forcing them to up their game. So just as you shouldn’t make any assumptions about TV vs movie actors, don’t assume movie roles are better than TV roles. I’d say the reverse is true.

    Comment by scifi_fan — Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 9:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• All I want to know us where is the new season of Luther?

  Comment by Mike — Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 1:47pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I hated him on The Office.

  Comment by bl. — Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 11:00pm PDT  Reply to this post