Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela ...

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Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. “In 2013, when ...

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During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the 52-year-old actor detailed the extremes he went to while working on the biopic, which documents Mandela’s 27 years in prison in South Africa.

Two Mozambican fugitives, possibly linked to a Christmas Day prison breakout, were arrested in Malelane, Mpumalanga. Two ...

The biopic chronicled Mandela’s life journey, including spending 27 years in prison before serving as the first Black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela died in 2013 at the age ...