At one of the auditions, Andron presented Idris with a scene five years into the future in which Saint murders someone he loves. You bought him as a boy genius, you bought the charisma.”Īndron’s only hesitation concerned whether Idris could evolve with the character. He’d never really even spent time in the States.

“I was like, ‘Where did you find him?'” Andron says. Snowfall showrunner and co-creator Dave Andron recalls being floored by Idris’ audition tape. Little did he know, he needn’t have begged Singleton for the role. And I begged him because I said, ‘Hey, if I get this part, I promise you, I won’t let you down.’ And, hopefully, I haven’t.” “The only person I ever begged was John Singleton. “The best thing about my life, I haven’t reached out to any of these circumstances, so I know it’s genuine,” says Idris. Idris is also set to host the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards on March 24.īy Idris’ account, he’s never actively pursued these starry social connections. Otherwise, you’re going to walk around, and your whole life, people are going to be like, ‘You should bring Snowfall back.'”) He also has partied with Jamie Foxx at his house, received piano lessons from rapper Saweetie (as seen in a video he posted) and watched the 2022 Super Bowl en suite with Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Rihanna. (Elba’s advice: “Make sure they kill you. He texts with Idris Elba about the ultimate fate of Franklin Saint. He has posed in his drawers for Calvin Klein and in January walked the runway for Prada in Milan. Idris’ stardom and cachet have risen as well. 23 with 4.5 million viewers, up 43 percent from season three, and 13 percent higher than season four. And deep into its run, the show has done the improbable: season five debuted Feb. His “try me” head tilts, calculating demeanor and sweaty, stress-induced meltdowns catapulted Snowfall to the most watched series on FX in 2021 - two years after Singleton died as a result of a stroke. Now 30, the actor has turned Snowfall’s drug kingpin Franklin Saint - a wide-eyed teenager who quickly becomes the biggest distributor of rock cocaine in the world - into one of the best antiheroes on TV.

Seven years later, Idris is swimming comfortably in the deep end, at least by Hollywood measures.

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