Overview
- Elba told a Red Sea Film Festival Q&A he intends to transition from acting to working as a full-time director.
- This Is How It Goes, his Apple-backed adaptation of Neil LaBute’s play, recently finished filming in Ghana.
- The film examines marriage, trust, and race after Elba transposed the play’s racial dynamics for the screen.
- Elba stars alongside Charlie Cox and Wunmi Mosaku, noting the movie opens with a wedding sequence in Ghana.
- He also screened his Lagos-shot short Dust To Dreams, discussed early-career role choices including an Amistad audition, and denied James Bond casting rumors.