After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell. But when he first got word of his departure from the show, the actor admits he was less than thrilled.

Idris Elba is certainly proud of his time on The Wire, but that doesn't mean he wants to relive it. The actor who spent three seasons as business savvy criminal Russell "Stringer" Bell recently broke ...

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Idris Elba confessed that he still hasn't watched his iconic American breakthrough performance in The Wire, even though 20 years have passed. The British actor and DJ became known to American ...

Stringer Bell isn’t tuning in. Idris Elba rose to fame on the acclaimed HBO crime drama “The Wire,” but he recently made a shocking admission: he’s never seen the show, and refuses to watch it. “If ...

Idris Elba shot to fame while playing Stringer Bell in The Wire, the realistic crime drama considered by some to be the best TV series of all time. But to this day the Marvel, DC, and Sonic the ...

You can call Stringer Bell many things. As one of the lead characters on HBO's seminal crime drama "The Wire," he showed his intelligence by attempting to apply Economics 101 philosophies to transform ...

I’m aware that Idris Elba is a real person who happened to play the character Stringer Bell on The Wire. I’m aware he’s had other roles since then, including the BBC crime drama Luther, which is ...

Fans of HBO's "The Wire" know that Idris Elba's character Stringer Bell was one of the most fully-formed criminals to ever knock off a college textbook. Elba is one of the few "Wire" alums to continue ...

That said, the actor agrees that it was ultimately an "important move" for the show's writers to make. After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell.