Idris Elba takes the stage at 2020 WE Day UK! The 47-year-old Luther actor attended the event held at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Wednesday (March 4) in London, England.
He was joined by Game of Thrones‘ Gwendoline Christie, racing driver Lewis Hamilton, and singers Leona Lewis (who hosted) and Calum Scott, who performed a duet of “You Are The Reason.” Of his own experience growing up in London, Idris told the crowd (via Daily Mail), “Happy is my normal.
Yes, there was crime. Yes, there was poverty. Yes, there were gangs.” “Some of the people I grew up with, people I saw around the neighborhood, went down the wrong path, ended up doing the wrong thing,” he continued. “I was different.
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