Idris Elbais receiving praise for his support of the #MeToo movement.
In an interview withThe Timesnewspaper in the UK, the 46-year-old actor was asked how hard it was for him as an actor in Hollywood during the #MeToo era.
Elba replied, “It’s only difficult if you’re a man with something to hide.”
Ava DuVernay, 46, quoted his statement in a tweet, writing, “Preach, brother. Preach.”
Shonda Rhimes andBarack Obama‘s former senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, also praised the star on the Twitter.
“See?” Rhimes, 48, tweeted, while Jarrett, 62, wrote, “Listen up, fellas, ‘It’s only difficult if you are a man with something to hide.” – @idriselba about#MeToo.'”
Rosanna Arquette responded to Rhimes’ tweet, writing, “I love him.”
Fans of the actor shared his message wildly on Twitter, with one writing, “Idris Elba knows the score.” Another commented, “And that’s that on that.”
A thirdfan tweeted, “And we have a winner! This is the right answer: ‘It’s Only Difficult If You Are A Man With Something To Hide.’”
Elba, who was crownedPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alivein November, has been vocal about his support for the movement and women in film.
While promoting his filmMolly’s Gamein 2017, Elba said the #MeToo movement was “quite poignant.”
“Of course, this is a film that was made a year ago, and probably prepped two or three years ago, but to come out when its coming out now is actually quite amazing when we’re seeing women stand up and have a liberation movement of speaking up against some of their atrocities that [have] happened,” he told Den of Geek.
That same year, he told the Press Association viaThe Irish Newshe found it “refreshing” to act in a movie with a female lead while referring to hisMolly’s Gamecostar Jessica Chastain.
“It’s nice to have a character that is a strong, interesting characterand also be a woman,” he said. “It’s definitely refreshing to have a lead character as a female lead and really complex and great.”
source: people.com
