STANDING 6 feet and 2 inches, Idris Elba s size helps to sell his characters. As a detective in Luther, he often averted protocol and went rogue. On The Wire, he played a shrewd, intimidating crime boss in the drug world. In the 2022 movie Beast, he protected his daughters from a ferocious lion while on holiday in South Africa. But in his new Apple TV+ series Hijack, it s his mental strength that helps him navigate a crisis, not his build.
Los Angeles, May 9: Hollywood star Tom Hanks has weighed in on the hunt for the next 007, saying that Idris Elba is the man for the job, reports Deadline.