Taking the form of a gangster series, police procedural and political drama, David Simon's 2002 HBO masterpiece The Wire is still one of the most distinct TV shows ever made. What's perhaps most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Idris Elba appeared on Amy Poehler's podcast and admitted that he's never watched "The Wire," which made him famous, and doesn't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Idris Elba was having a 40-degree day when first reading his character Stringer Bell's death scene on "The Wire." The acclaimed ...

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.

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 ...

Britta DeVore is a Senior Author for Collider who has been known to dabble with Reality News as well. When she isn't sitting behind her laptop bringing readers her hot takes on upcoming projects or ...

Idris Elba has insisted he will never watch “The Wire.” The critically acclaimed series is often ranked among the greatest television dramas of all time by critics and audiences alike. The 52-year-old ...

Idris Elba has revealed that he’s never watched “The Wire” and he never will. The hunky actor and sought-after DJ confessed that he hasn’t seen a single episode of the HBO hit that made him a ...

The English actor played Russell "Stringer" Bell on three seasons of HBO’s The Wire before his character was killed off in the early 2000s “It's a series that changed my life,” Amy Poehler told Elba ...

British actor Idris Elba, best known for roles including Stringer Bell from “The Wire” and John Luther from the eponymous TV show, has ambitions beyond the screen. For his latest role, he wants to ...

Idris Elba poses at the "Yardie" photo call during the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Feb. 22, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / ...

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 ...