Idris Elba demonstrates impressive basketball skills while mime his new track Light Work in a fun video
He is a talented actor, producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ.
And on Friday, 48-year-old Idris Elba showed off his impressive basketball skills in a fun video while imitating his new song Light Work with Wavy Boy.
Taking to Instagram, the British star shared a clip of himself playing the camera as he threw a basketball over his head and managed to pass it through the net behind him without looking.
Skills! On Friday, 48-year-old Idris Elba showed off his impressive basketball skills in a fun video while imitating his new song Light Work with Wavy Boy
Idris subtitled the video: “HAPPY FRIDAY! #lightworknothingheavychallenge. @ 7.wallace @wavyboysmith Concrete Cowboy soundtrack. ‘
The catchy track, which appears on the Concrete Cowboy soundtrack, was released six days ago.
Idris plays in the Netflix movie by age, based on G. Neri’s novel Ghetto Cowboy, alongside Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin.
The rapper plays Harp, a father who takes his 15-year-old son, Cole (played by Caleb), after he was kicked out of school in Detroit.
Look at this! Taking to Instagram, the British star shared a clip of himself playing on camera while throwing a basketball over his head
What a blow! He managed to get her through the net behind him without looking
Easy work! Idris smiled at the camera after taking the picture before leaving
In a synopsis, Netflix explains, “Harp finds solace in rehabilitating downtown cowboy horses at Fletcher Street Stables, a real-life black urban riding community that has provided a safe haven for better-off neighborhood residents.” for 100 years.
Divided between his growing respect for his father’s community and his reappeared friendship with troubled cousin Smush (Jharrel Jerome), Cole begins to reprioritize his life, while the stables are threatened by an invading gentrification.
The film was unveiled in September last year at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Idris told Variety that the time is perfect to bring the story of black cowboy culture to the silver screen.
Idris explained, “It feels very appropriate to be able to tell a partial story that has certainly been buried, and in the case of Concrete Cowboy, the story is now.”
Movie stars: Idris stars in adult Netflix, based on G. Neri’s novel Ghetto Cowboy, starring Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin
He also opened up about the historical value of the material he and director Ricky Staub sought to preserve with the film, referring to the Fletcher Street stables in the face of potential gentrification.
“Those stables – they face them taken forever, and part of what Ricky told me was, ‘I hope I made this movie and they will keep the stables, based on the fact that people fall in love with the story and the history.’ and the inheritance of stables. “‘
Caleb told the media that “it was definitely a dream come true, being introduced to the project” with a cast that also includes Jharrel Jerome, Lorraine Toussaint, Byron Bowers and Method Man.
In particular, the young star was delighted to find out which actor will play her father, adding: “Who wouldn’t want Idris to play your father in a movie?”
Important role: Caleb McLaughlin said that “it was definitely a dream come true, being presented in the project” and, in particular, “finding out that Idris was playing my father”