Idris Elba on specifically ONLY casting Jamaican actors for HIS MOVIE Yardie - "I wanted it to be authentic. I didn't want it to be inauthentic"

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

 

[Afrodroid]

So y'all gonna cancel Idris Elba now?

 

[BlackMajik]

Now that this has been exposed, I'm just gonna wait until this goes viral

 

[BlackMajik]

So y'all gonna cancel Idris Elba now?

Canceling people isn't real


But are u saying he's not a hypocrite and that other ethnic groups should be kept authentic and that me as a Black American should shut up and accept being played by anybody?



Is that what you're saying?

 

[TEH]

To be fair no one can imitate those Caribbean accents accurately.

 

[concise]

Do white Brits and white Americans have these same issues?

 

[BlackMajik]

To be fair no one can imitate those Caribbean accents accurately.

Have you seen a black Non-American imitate an Atlanta accent or a New Orleans accent bruh?



That lie that British actors can just play any ol Black American needs to stop. There's never been a British actor in the history of this planet that has ever pulled off those accents

 

[Sterling Archer]

To be fair no one can imitate those Caribbean accents accurately.

And he couldn’t imitate a Baltimore accent. Still cashed that check though

 

[Ghost Utmost]

I am one who never minded actors playing different nationalities.

Also I find it ironic as hell that he is playing both sides of this "controversy".

He prolly should have kept quiet about this and just kept working.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Do white Brits and white Americans have these same issues?

Both have significant media representation to not need to concern themselves with it.

 

[The Radiant One]

The thing is he is using his money so he can do it. Outside of Tyler Perry there is no ADOS owned space

 

[BlackMajik]

Both have significant media representation to not need to concern themselves with it.

Yep their situation is different

 

[TEH]

And he couldn’t imitate a Baltimore accent. Still cashed that check though

Me personally

Unless you get the accent perfectly done let someone else do it …

This is especially a problem when I hear regional accents butchered …

 

[Sterling Archer]

I am one who never minded actors playing different nationalities.

Also I find it ironic as hell that he is playing both sides of this "controversy".

He prolly should have kept quiet about this and just kept working.

This is all that needs to be said. It’s how I feel on both accounts as well. I don’t care but he probably should’ve stfu.

 

[BlackMajik]

Me personally

Unless you get the accent perfectly done let someone else do it …

This is especially a problem when I hear regional accents butchered …

That's why I think u you to fix your last post bruh

Becuz Idris is a flat out hypocrite for this and should be quiet