Idris Elba – Hackney Citizen

Idris Elba open casting in Haggerston ‘shut down’ after huge crowds turn up

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 May 2017 at 00:35

Local lad: actor Idris Alba at a recent Ebola conference. Photograph: Jessica Lea/DFID via Wikimedia Commons

Police called after hundreds gathered outside Whitmore Community Centre last night to audition for upcoming film set in Hackney

Idris Elba scours Hackney for paid extras to appear in new film

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 6 May 2017 at 14:30

Local lad: actor Idris Alba at a recent Ebola conference. Photograph: Jessica Lea/DFID via Wikimedia Commons

The picture will centre on the borough’s African Caribbean community in the eighties

‘On me head son!’: Idris Elba overjoyed at OBE award

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 31 December 2015 at 15:45

The Queen has honoured the Hackney-born actor in the New Years Honours list

Prometheus 3D – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 June 2012 at 18:52

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus brings sci-fi lovers the prequel to his classic Alien

From Hackney to Hollywood: Idris Elba wins Golden Globe 2012

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 January 2012 at 12:08

Best actor: Idris Elba

Hackney-born actor Idris Elba wins Golden Globe for his role in BBC series Luther