Idris Elba is one of the most celebrated actors in the world. The film and TV star, whose parents are from Sierra Leone and Ghana, recently shared on The Jonathan Ross Show how he almost died while filming his latest movie, ‘Beasts of No Nation’ in Ghana.
The movie depicts the life of a child solider where Idris plays the commander of the batalion of young soldiers. While the film has some action-apcked scenes, the near death experience proved to be the most harrowing moment of the entire shoot.
Explaining what happened, Idris recalls: “We decided to do this waterfall scene where all these child soldiers were walking behind this massive waterfall. Cary Fukunaga, the director, decided to shoot it for real. We went to this waterfall and in this scene my character is standing there watching all the child soldiers go past.
Now in the setup of that, the stunt co-ordinator says, ‘Listen everyone, this is a waterfall, that’s a 90, 100ft drop down there and the ground is very slippery, just be careful!’
I put my foot on this rock just to hang out and chill out while they were setting up, and as I’m doing that it’s slippery, obviously. I slip… I put my hand on this tree – it’s not a tree, it’s a branch. It snaps and I go literally about six feet before I go bang over and I got caught by the security guy.”
Luckily the actor lived to tell the tale. It just goes to show how serious things can get on set!
‘Beasts of No Nation’ was released on the 16th of October 2015.
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