Idris Elba Talks "The Wire" Success; Details On No Good Deed

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  • Idris Elba talks about the surprising cult-like success of his series "The Wire" and tells us what he had to do to get in character for his thriller "No Good Deed"
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Комментарии • 238

  • @davidlevy6418
    @davidlevy6418 8 лет назад +672

    How do you do an interview and not ask him where Wallace is at?

    • @Blodia1990
      @Blodia1990 8 лет назад +17

      blasphemous

    • @stsbanga
      @stsbanga 7 лет назад +15

      David Levy weres WALLLACE!

    • @VakirGildor2
      @VakirGildor2 7 лет назад

      Savage :D

    • @caallmeangel
      @caallmeangel 7 лет назад +25

      David Levy LMFAOOOOOOOOOO " where tf is Wallace string" *D Angelo's voice*

    • @Christopher_J
      @Christopher_J 7 лет назад +12

      Haha, I actually met him one time at a Bafta screening in London and I spoke to him about that "Where's Wallace" scene. He was pleasantly intrigued that I brought up that scene. Nice guy!

  • @nealebertram8644
    @nealebertram8644 6 лет назад +101

    When I first watched The Wire I couldn't believe it when I found out Idris Elba was English!
    Also, Dominic West who plays McNulty also done an amazing American accent.

  • @raoulhery
    @raoulhery 10 лет назад +157

    The wire is the greatest show ever and thank you Idris for contributing to that

    • @TheNiners6949
      @TheNiners6949 5 лет назад +1

      I got 1. sapronos 2. Wire

    • @ets2446
      @ets2446 4 года назад +2

      TheNiners6949 Laughable

    • @stringerbell3819
      @stringerbell3819 3 года назад

      1. gomorrah
      2. sopranos
      3. The wire
      4. GOT
      5. breaking bad

    • @MexiCANnotMexiCANT
      @MexiCANnotMexiCANT 3 года назад +5

      @@stringerbell3819 how can you put got over breaking bad. Those last two awful seasons took it out of my top 5

    • @stringerbell3819
      @stringerbell3819 3 года назад

      @@MexiCANnotMexiCANT yes but the brilliant early seasons keeps it in

  • @peartist2
    @peartist2 9 лет назад +265

    The Wire. Fuck. Simply the best show that has ever been made. I'm late to that dance. I am EMBARRASSED to be late to that dance and I should be. I thought Sopranos and Breaking Bad was the shit...and then I watched this sadly neglected show. Epic, Shakespearean in scope set in urban Baltimore, tragic, honest, heartbreaking. I'm still getting over it.

    • @chrollokev
      @chrollokev 9 лет назад +11

      +peartist2 I've never watched the show, after reading your comment I have to watch the show now lol

    • @nateo200
      @nateo200 9 лет назад +6

      +peartist2 I'm embarrassed I'm late to the show too. So to make it up I bought the entire series on Blu-ray blindly, I NEVER do that but this show is freaking gold.

    • @pupupify
      @pupupify 8 лет назад +2

      +peartist2 Okay I was like hmmm Idris is in it I have to watch it. After reading your comment I'm like I AM DEFIANTLY WATCHING IT

    • @LynxStarAuto
      @LynxStarAuto 8 лет назад +5

      Ppl were too busy watching the (overrated IMO) Sopranos at the time. For years The Wire had me hooked running to the couch to catch every second of it, even the "previously on" segment just in case I forgot something. HBO was living off me for a good while. I paid for HBO just to watch The Wire. Greatest tv show drama ever.

    • @LouieTzepher
      @LouieTzepher 8 лет назад +2

      +peartist2 Don't feel bad, my wife and i are just about to start season 4. When it came out, i could not afford cable so it totally slipped me, was not till a few months ago i remembered about it, so far its a masterpiece, not sure how season 4 and 5 will be after what happened in season 3 with stringer.

  • @danieljamesmead
    @danieljamesmead 4 года назад +55

    'Did you know The Wire was going to be such a hit!?"
    'Well the ratings were pretty low when we were making it and it got popular after we finished..'
    = Every wire interview I've ever watched

    • @staunchx
      @staunchx Год назад +2

      Crazy that after the first season there was a better chance of that show getting cancelled, than it being renowned as the greatest show ever on TV.

    • @rodrigorolon6835
      @rodrigorolon6835 15 дней назад

      @@staunchx That's one of the reasons why we don't have that kind of high end TV nowadays, back then the networks were more committed to
      their shows and usually saw them through even when the ratings were low, today profit is the first, second, and third priority and it
      shows in the garbage been released, hell even HBO doesn't exist anymore!

  • @sonnymp1337
    @sonnymp1337 8 лет назад +88

    he played so well in the wire... big love idris..

  • @itsjasdarling8101
    @itsjasdarling8101 10 лет назад +53

    I just love this man...his look, his acting it's amazing

  • @CGJUGO80
    @CGJUGO80 8 лет назад +33

    1:04 stringer bell comes back to life

  • @TheLilone760
    @TheLilone760 10 лет назад +80

    This dude is a beast!! All the movies he comes out in he does a great job.

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 9 лет назад +2

      True

    • @Potatoshaneko
      @Potatoshaneko 9 лет назад +5

      Even when the movies are terrible, he still makes it worth watching!

  • @sharkbait1228
    @sharkbait1228 9 лет назад +196

    This guy needs to be bond

    • @yvonneherring1871
      @yvonneherring1871 9 лет назад +1

      U are absolutely right! I fear they'll say he's too dark

    • @charmaineberry7701
      @charmaineberry7701 8 лет назад

      you are so right

    • @sonnymp1337
      @sonnymp1337 8 лет назад

      would totally be fine to me

    • @venaretro5444
      @venaretro5444 8 лет назад +1

      +Dave Bowman But he doesnt want to.

    • @sharkbait1228
      @sharkbait1228 8 лет назад

      Vena Retro he needs to be something like bond, maybe another 00

  • @Tehui1974
    @Tehui1974 7 лет назад +24

    It's 2017 and I watched all five seasons of The Wire for the first time. I thought the TV series and the storyline was incredible.

    • @kellyd7415
      @kellyd7415 7 лет назад +3

      Tehui1974 I'm embarrassed to say this but same here! such a great series!!!

  • @buddyjesus7542
    @buddyjesus7542 9 лет назад +56

    stringer bell was the best character of the whole series too. Idris elba did a great job

    • @sonnymp1337
      @sonnymp1337 8 лет назад +1

      totally agree

    • @motionsickness1903
      @motionsickness1903 7 лет назад +16

      buddyjesus omar comin yo!!

    • @GRYNGE7
      @GRYNGE7 6 лет назад +8

      Nahhh. Omar, no question. Eyyyy Yoo

    • @JCrossover123
      @JCrossover123 4 года назад +5

      buddyjesus Avon, Bodie, Slim Charles

    • @hman2304
      @hman2304 4 года назад +2

      Nah bubbles was the best character

  • @jcfbaby3
    @jcfbaby3 10 лет назад +25

    Big boy never failed to make me laugh lol

  • @FELixNegus
    @FELixNegus 10 лет назад +22

    Proud of u man do it us in the uk man.

  • @psykevactive9114
    @psykevactive9114 5 лет назад +7

    Idris Elba is one of those actors that I can compare with Denzel Washington or pacino or even deniro.. One of the legends in television.. He can pull of any role if given.. He's that good.. Salute to you Sir for an amazing performance on the Wire.. Even Luther was one of the best British show..

  • @IM_ROBBY
    @IM_ROBBY 8 лет назад +19

    Idris Elba is literally in EVERYTHING (well deserved though). Blockbuster films, independent films, Netflix originals, straight to DVDs, voice acting, TV shows, commercials, etc. His schedule is stacked to the bone and the thing is he does it all so amazingly great. Wow, incredible talent.
    PS why can't we get an all black all star cast movie. Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Idris Elba, Chadwick Boseman, Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman, Sam L. Jackson, Naomie Harris, Lupita N'yongo, etc.

    • @lordperzeval2977
      @lordperzeval2977 8 лет назад +1

      too much ego... they are multi-million actors in their own right... play second fiddle they will not

    • @robertbaratheon2193
      @robertbaratheon2193 Год назад

      Not what literally means but okay.

    • @robertbaratheon2193
      @robertbaratheon2193 Год назад

      He wasn’t in sex and the city so he’s not in “literally” everything.

  • @87channels
    @87channels 4 года назад +10

    he's a real charismatic interviewer

  • @LittleMissKristie22
    @LittleMissKristie22 10 лет назад +24

    You're welcome - from England 

  • @Nitiiii11
    @Nitiiii11 8 лет назад +6

    Great guy. His Stringer Bell was fantastic.

  • @Jakobaine
    @Jakobaine 9 лет назад +23

    Is it just me or is Idris Elba wearing his hat like Simon Adebisi in Oz?

    • @b0ychild
      @b0ychild 9 лет назад

      100%

    • @venaretro5444
      @venaretro5444 8 лет назад +3

      +Jakobaine HOW DOES HE KEEP THAT THING IN PLACE?!

  • @nydeviantgaming6872
    @nydeviantgaming6872 9 лет назад +6

    Their radio show is the bomb, the hosts is hella funny. Subscribed!!

  • @swaggbag8095
    @swaggbag8095 7 лет назад +11

    Idris Elba is a Sierra Leone Ghanaian British citizen lol his father is from Sierra Leone and his mother is a Ghanaian and he was born in England and come out as one of the best actor that can be bond if he is white. the dude is real in language and ascent and the wire prove what he can do 👍Idris

  • @JediDarkness07
    @JediDarkness07 6 лет назад +6

    After watching the wire twice Idris became one of my top fav actors

  • @tatasweetheart
    @tatasweetheart 8 лет назад +10

    big boy is king of radio

  • @shield7738
    @shield7738 8 лет назад +51

    DCI John Luther.

    • @Skyswindler
      @Skyswindler 8 лет назад +11

      You mean stringer bell

    • @marctouss1862
      @marctouss1862 7 лет назад +1

      DCI John Luther> Stringer Bell.. and im American..

    • @cmbsoldja
      @cmbsoldja 7 лет назад +2

      He's my mate. And I love him.

  • @atdubya9576
    @atdubya9576 3 месяца назад

    The way he just smoothly dropped into the American Accent got me like "Big Boi might be right" 🤔🤣

  • @LashayneHampton
    @LashayneHampton 7 лет назад +2

    I still can't believe I gave Idris my number, I just posted the Storytime about it on my channel!

  • @tahseti1113
    @tahseti1113 9 лет назад +40

    If somebody were to do a REAL film about Hannibal ( not the serial killer ) , this is the dude I would cast in the lead role.

    • @fandrews26
      @fandrews26 9 лет назад

      Exactly, he would be Perfect for the role

    • @olli-pekkapauna8079
      @olli-pekkapauna8079 Год назад

      You do know Hannibal Barca and by extension the carthaginians weren't black

  • @smple5337
    @smple5337 2 года назад

    Just started the wire a month ago and I'm hooked!

  • @lionsden6457
    @lionsden6457 9 лет назад +23

    Omg his accent...*faints*

  • @Nickiebeasayzso
    @Nickiebeasayzso 9 лет назад +20

    This man is so handsome

    • @EcclyBV
      @EcclyBV 7 лет назад +1

      Nickie Bea Makes my ovaries tingle.

  • @TheShahofBaltimore
    @TheShahofBaltimore 3 месяца назад

    The Wire! A MASTERPIECE! 🖼️

  • @polorican5023
    @polorican5023 9 лет назад +15

    Big boy is hilarious

  • @preskidd
    @preskidd 10 лет назад +6

    That's funny that idris did the french accent especially since london hates france. Great interview Big Boy.

    • @AliBadman14
      @AliBadman14 10 лет назад +24

      London doesn't hate France

    • @wahdncx
      @wahdncx 9 лет назад

      Yh its all of england who hates france

    • @silverthorn4791
      @silverthorn4791 9 лет назад +6

      It isn't 1500 anymore. They have been some of the closest allies since the turn of the 20th century.

  • @nodrama490
    @nodrama490 7 лет назад +4

    Played one of the best villains ever S.Bell.

  • @planetmurkury
    @planetmurkury 8 лет назад +19

    When The Wire came out, the only people I knew with HBO were rich(ish) white people. My parents didn't have it (they weren't about to pay for that shit lol). My friend's parents didn't have it. It's pretty easy to understand why it wasn't a hit during that time.

    • @shereefisher5847
      @shereefisher5847 8 лет назад +3

      The Wire came on in 2002 on HBO back then Sex and the City was on and dominating the ratings on HBO. My family had cable and i only watched The Wire first three seasons, then it was weak when Idris Elba left. The Wire was a sleeper hit on HBO because Sex and the City was the show that pretty much put HBO on the map

    • @toddbrown242
      @toddbrown242 6 лет назад +7

      Sheree Fisher wtf after the first 3 seasons it was weak? Majority of people say season 4 was the best season. I've even seen lists saying Wire season 4 is the best season of any TV series of all time. But if you only watched for Idris I guess you wouldn't like it

    • @DuaneJasper
      @DuaneJasper 3 года назад

      Yeah it's a damn shame

    • @raybee5574
      @raybee5574 2 года назад

      Huh???
      Everybody had HBO,Showtime, Starz or Encore

    • @allaboutthemurzic
      @allaboutthemurzic 2 года назад

      @@toddbrown242 True detective season 1 is the best season ever

  • @ella2751
    @ella2751 4 года назад +1

    Interviewer: I think you should make it up to them, like a topless photoshoot or something.
    Idris: I do go topless in the movie!

  • @ResidentReveler
    @ResidentReveler 8 лет назад +25

    Get those women out. Jeez, they almost ruined it.

  • @REXX399
    @REXX399 8 лет назад +13

    OO7... Idris Elba.

  • @Supernova12034
    @Supernova12034 5 лет назад +2

    The back of the hosts head looks like an aliens head

  • @danieldelacruz7305
    @danieldelacruz7305 4 года назад +2

    Nothing has match to the wire success it was the best series overall!!

  • @PRAYIMAKET
    @PRAYIMAKET Год назад

    Why stringer was really actually being himself in some sense besides the writing of the author's he really lived that life. Amazing😊

  • @GODs_Son777
    @GODs_Son777 7 лет назад

    The 1st. minute was funny AF!!

  • @theNeonfrequency
    @theNeonfrequency 6 месяцев назад

    Just randomly here here’s a comment to time stamp and bring more traffic

  • @rjm789
    @rjm789 6 месяцев назад

    It would have been funny if he kept his accent and Stringer’s backstory was that he moved from East London to Baltimore to clean up at the towers…

  • @perswaythemc5446
    @perswaythemc5446 4 года назад +2

    " Where Wallace String? Wheres Wallace!!!"

  • @shazz286
    @shazz286 9 лет назад +55

    Idris in LUTHER....that is all

  • @zaranmehta13
    @zaranmehta13 8 лет назад +3

    I am from india, lol currently finished season 4

    • @LouieTzepher
      @LouieTzepher 8 лет назад

      +Zaran Mehta Dude, i am about to start season 4 now. Is it good (yes/no, dont tell me spoilers) ? after season 3, i felt like it could not get any better.

    • @richardhorrocks5254
      @richardhorrocks5254 8 лет назад +3

      +pradaluggage2 Most think the 4th is the best. That moment when the gangs catch McNulty and crucify him like Jesus, but upside down with fairy lights wrapped around his body and candle sticks coming out of his ears... DAMN. Probably the most emotional scene in TV history.

  • @mikelong2756
    @mikelong2756 6 лет назад +2

    Interviewer has a 90 degree angle on the back of his head 😂

  • @NRatu
    @NRatu 7 лет назад +2

    3.22 the back of big boys head is pointy af

  • @mo_money247
    @mo_money247 Год назад

    3:20 lmfao 😂😂😂😂 look at rhe back of his head 😭

  • @prometheus200
    @prometheus200 4 года назад +1

    Imagine if stringer bell was boris kojoe😄😄

  • @PeaceIsAlwaysBeautiful92
    @PeaceIsAlwaysBeautiful92 5 лет назад +1

    My husband Idris 😍😍😍😍

  • @jabbygcreations8184
    @jabbygcreations8184 6 лет назад +3

    am i gay now? love this dude, have him star in everything. his name on the cast adds 50% to rotten tomatoes out the gate.

  • @carlosmonticello5424
    @carlosmonticello5424 9 лет назад

    Damn that's crazy it sounds like he's used is American accent so much that it like mixed in during his every day talk lol

  • @cesarrodriguez8893
    @cesarrodriguez8893 4 года назад +2

    What happened to Dee String?

  • @Nash9r
    @Nash9r 6 лет назад +12

    3:21 WTF is with the shape of his head?

    • @T.Sullivan
      @T.Sullivan 3 года назад

      He got hit in the head with a shovel when he was a child. Don’t make fun of it please, thanks

  • @cullyx2913
    @cullyx2913 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic English actor.

  • @jaycareaga9929
    @jaycareaga9929 10 дней назад

    I think your accent is put on becomes Stringer Bell 🤣🤣😂😂

  • @edwillis5091
    @edwillis5091 7 лет назад +10

    race doesn't matter, he would be an amazing 007

    • @Rascarrr
      @Rascarrr 5 лет назад +1

      it does, though

    • @bito115
      @bito115 Год назад +1

      @@Rascarrr no it does not, nick fury is white in the comics and in the movies he is black and he is way better than the comics version

    • @StephNuggs
      @StephNuggs Год назад

      What are you dumb dumbs talking about. He's british, that's what matters.

  • @CeemPlay
    @CeemPlay Год назад

    The game is the game

  • @Dablkwid0w2008
    @Dablkwid0w2008 10 лет назад +7

    If God made a more beautiful man...where is he owww!

  • @yagopacheco2855
    @yagopacheco2855 9 лет назад +7

    This man was born to be John Stewart Green Lantern!!!!

    • @marcusforrest3172
      @marcusforrest3172 9 лет назад

      Yago Pacheco Never thought of that..... GENIUS

    • @CGJUGO80
      @CGJUGO80 8 лет назад

      +Yago Pacheco nah man, phil lamarr all day.

    • @yagopacheco2855
      @yagopacheco2855 8 лет назад

      Ibn Khairuddeen (ابن خير الدين الألباني) nah, just because he voiced him in JL? cmon, Idris Elba is Stewart.

  • @karinivy
    @karinivy 9 лет назад +5

    damn big boy was ths interview about you or him?

  • @tricia5946
    @tricia5946 9 лет назад +1

    My baby

  • @idrisabu3301
    @idrisabu3301 4 года назад

    Good name, good attitude

  • @farhanj123
    @farhanj123 9 лет назад +1

    does anyone know the name of the second girl in the video?? She's cutee

  • @speedracer1945
    @speedracer1945 9 лет назад +1

    I know so many white people who never watched the Wire , which is stupid cuz they are from Baltimore . I still say He should of had the role of the Equalizer .Denzel had more star power an the studios still don't have confidence that He can carry a film on His own .

  • @lehmooz7402
    @lehmooz7402 3 года назад

    Idris is a cool cat man!

  • @eveningdim7167
    @eveningdim7167 9 лет назад

    8:14 his face xD

  • @prash87pb
    @prash87pb 3 года назад

    What is the host´s name? he is really funny.

  • @anddyyxx
    @anddyyxx 7 лет назад

    lmao this dj is great

  • @fffancy0332
    @fffancy0332 4 года назад

    007 plz

  • @Gabbo-lv3zo
    @Gabbo-lv3zo 4 года назад

    Yo shut dat door man

  • @michaeljefferson3041
    @michaeljefferson3041 4 года назад

    This Deejay is doing most of the talking and keeps interrupting!😡

  • @radhiaAndromida
    @radhiaAndromida 9 лет назад +3

    So damn fine

  • @manlyscents
    @manlyscents 9 месяцев назад

    04:50-04:52 Idris looks like he can't wait to get out of this bullshit

  • @nanka2002
    @nanka2002 6 лет назад

    Hi, Idris, I love you but I hated stringer bell. Avon was a better character. and again, love you :*

  • @WiseGuy5674
    @WiseGuy5674 7 лет назад

    Knomesayin?

  • @asdfasdfasdf427
    @asdfasdfasdf427 6 лет назад

    Its so weird hearing him in his real Accent when everything I see him in movies..its always american accent.

  • @ben89717
    @ben89717 7 лет назад

    his native tung sounds so corny after all this time watching him as Stringer:P

  • @evacuationdurgence768
    @evacuationdurgence768 5 лет назад +1

    Of course you are well known in France , but only by thé " real " people ;)
    Nice.acvent btw ;)

  • @lowdown4444
    @lowdown4444 6 лет назад

    I thought stringer was dead

  • @范式-f3u
    @范式-f3u 9 лет назад

    哇哦…

  • @co4807
    @co4807 7 лет назад

    Sway lowkey with several pause moments throughout..suspect to say the least

  • @jasonrogers9371
    @jasonrogers9371 7 лет назад +2

    STRINGER BELL!!!

  • @thuglife4017
    @thuglife4017 6 лет назад +1

    This is hilarious

  • @denisemunoz8735
    @denisemunoz8735 9 лет назад +1

    Sexiest Man Alive!! Thank you BigBoy!!Love your interview's the most!

  • @killuminatimind
    @killuminatimind 6 лет назад +3

    I'm watching the wire and It's funny how idris say in different scenes "shut that door" but sounds like "shutato" great show indeed.

  • @Danjan1208
    @Danjan1208 3 года назад

    Yo string…..where Wallace at??????

  • @odinponzi9224
    @odinponzi9224 7 лет назад +1

    Lmfao damnit Stringer Bell what sounds are coming out of your mouth

  • @LilacStar82
    @LilacStar82 9 лет назад +1

    He's not going to interview anybody that looks better than him? Wouldn't that be almost everybody??

    • @erkanyunis470
      @erkanyunis470 9 лет назад +5

      he already made that joke himself

  • @JayJayRealhiphop
    @JayJayRealhiphop 8 лет назад +9

    Get those chicks out of the studio. They have idea about running a show. Get wize women instead...

  • @matthiashorne9606
    @matthiashorne9606 5 лет назад

    Funny

  • @Rajeshkumar-hs4so
    @Rajeshkumar-hs4so 4 года назад

    Chair doesn't recognise you.

  • @BugsyMogues
    @BugsyMogues 7 лет назад +1

    PRODUCT MUHFUCKAS

  • @elbalorenapalmatapia7138
    @elbalorenapalmatapia7138 9 лет назад

    popo

  • @HSapien99
    @HSapien99 9 лет назад +2

    Big Boy funny as shit

  • @dickdpet
    @dickdpet 10 лет назад

    I'm he didn't sound like this in the movie This Christmas

    • @memenow2345
      @memenow2345 10 лет назад +11

      He was acting using an American accent. Just like in the wire.

    • @RTDavis0503
      @RTDavis0503 10 лет назад +1

      To me his American accent is terrible...if you listen closely he slips into his native British accent. You don't believe me? Go watch any episode of the wire now you know he's British and watch him mess up on the New York accent

    • @ELLEHCIMC
      @ELLEHCIMC 10 лет назад +9

      Rodney Davis probably because his accent its supposed to be from Baltimore

  • @LittleMissKristie22
    @LittleMissKristie22 10 лет назад +13

    You're welcome - from England