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Why Isn’t Idris Elba A Bigger Movie Star?

Stringer Mandela

Denzel’s getting old. Will Smith’s disengaged. Hollywood needs a 'mainstream' black leading man. Why isn’t Idris Elba, a fantastic actor and proven sex symbol, more famous?

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Idris Elba is a hunk, a bonafide sexiest-man-alive type whose every move is figuratively and literally soundtracked by impassioned oooohs and aaaahs from his motley contingent of adorers.

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