Idris Elbais a fan of smoking out his problems.
“Essentially, this was a fictional West African country,” he tells EW.
“I went for a West African General.
Idris Elba and Abraham Atta in ‘Beasts of No Nation’.Shawn Greene/Bleecker Street Media/ Everett
But it was definitely influenced by where my parents are from.
The Commandant is a very twisted, conflicted human being.
He would have these commands he would use to almost hypnotize those young soldiers.
The story is loosely based around the civil war of Sierra Leone and Liberia.”
“I’m one of these actors who I absorb my character,” he continues.
“I absorb their experiences, so I can understand a little bit.
I had to watch hours and read stuff that was just so disturbing.
My nightmares were varied.
So, how did Elba cope?
“Can I be honest?”
Elba actually has a long history with good old Mary Jane.
“I used to sell weed, he revealed onThe Jess Cagle Showback in 2022.
“I did that for a little bit just to, you know, help pay the way.
I DJ’ed quite a bit.
I was a doorman.
Anyway, moving on.
Yeah, I did all kinds of things to be honest, all kinds of things.”
Watch Elba’s full interview above.
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