Takers is the highly anticipated film about a group of hi-tech and organized thieves that only go after the big stakes allowing them to do a job a year keeping them ahead of the law. But soon everything is at risk when they get an offer they can’t refuse from a former member. Well, while in town promoting the movie The Reel Hustler got the opportunity to sit down and do some reel talking with Idris Elba who plays the mastermind behind the group of thieves in Takers.
The Reel Hustler: It seemed like good chemistry between the guys of the film. What was it like on the set while filming Takers?
Idris Elba: It was a lot of fun. Chris Brown and I snapped on each other the whole time. He always had something to say about me. My London accent cause he’s been to London all the time so he’s always doing that. And then I would have to say something about Chris, like his middle name is Maurice or like he’s still a little boy in big man’s clothe. We would get at each other a little bit.
The Reel Hustler: Being a DJ, how much input did you have on the soundtrack?
Idris Elba: None! None what so ever. It is in my contract that I can have meaningful discussion about soundtracks. But in this case, TIP and Chris are Executive Producers in it, so I left the music business to them cause that’s what they do and the music soundtrack is good.
The Reel Hustler: How difficult is it for you to adjust accents to conform to whatever the role requires?
Idris Elba: I don’t rely on an accent to act. That’s number one rule. If I’m using my accent to act then I’m not acting. So what happens is that wherever the character is that I have immersed myself in, the dialog, the cadence, all that stuff comes with the performance. If I’m playing an American character, I’m not thinking about the flaws because there will be flaws because again it’s not my natural tongue. What I do is spend time just building the character, So the more I know about my man, the better the accent is gonna be.
The Reel Hustler: Who would you like to work with next?
Idris Elba: Some great directors. Antoine Fuqua I’d like to, he did Training day. I’d to work with F. Gary Gray, the Hughes brothers. Those are great, great directors that I would like to work with.
The Reel Hustler: What about actors or actresses?
Idris Elba: Um, anyone good, famous or non-famous. It doesn’t matter for me, it’s about someone bringing that umph out of me. In this film I got to work with 7 or 8 actors and they all had different energy.
The Reel Hustler: So now that Takers is done, what’s next on your plate?
Idris Elba: I have a couple of things that’s going on right now. One that I have been working on is a film called Legacy. I star in the film and I also executive produced it.
It’s one of my best pieces of work to date as an actor and I really want people to support it.
The Reel Hustler: What would be the ideal or dream role for you?
Idris Elba: There is no such thing. If I had to say that, I would have to say Legacy was my dream role, but that means I could give up acting. But there are roles that I want to try and do. I’m interested in bringing some historic characters, some African historic characters to life that have sort of been brushed over in history. We all know how that goes. So I think that is something I would be interested in.
By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler
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