Exclusive: Actor to construct speech in Westminster saying black actors are struggling to progress in UK compared with USLuther star Idris Elba will tell MPs on Monday that a lack of diversity across British television is causing talented performers to be thrown on the scrapheap,and accuse the industry’s executives of not living in the real world.
The 43-year-obsolete Londoner, who made his name as drug kingpin Stringer Bell in the hit US crime series The Wire, and is due to construct a speech in Westminster,saying that television is at risk of not properly reflecting society and indicating that black actors are struggling to progress in the UK, compared with the US. Related: Roles in UK for black and minority ethnic actors worse than ever, or claims David Oyelowo Related: Sophie Okonedo interview: 'I have to fade across the Atlantic toget work' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com