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Idris Elba Eyes Full-Time Directing After Wrapping Ghana-Shot Apple Feature

At the Red Sea Film Festival, he said he will pivot to directing after finishing an Apple feature in Ghana that reimagines Neil LaBute’s play through a reversed racial lens.

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.