Talk:Idris Elba

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[edit] Non-NPOV

"The character of Bell is so deep, convincing, and calculating as a drug dealer that he has been admired by several American gangsters."

This isn't NPOV and who are these "several American gangsters"? Source? Gram 15:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wtf? why was my change reverted?

according to the interview at http://www.blackfilm.com/20050311/features/idriselba.shtml, his father is Syrian. Why would somebody change it *back* to sierra leone when it is clearly not correct and i changed it originally, citing the source?

• I have corrected this.

 I have also removed the term 'Afro-European', since this is neither in line with his own self-description nor in common usage Jononon 16:32, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd bet that the blackfilm.com interview misquoted Elba on his father's country of origin. There are a ton of obvious mistakes in that text; in the interview itself Elba speaks of being of African descent; and in many, many online sources his father is described as being from Sierra Leone. NSpector 08:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)