The Wire Creator Rewrote Stringer Bell's Death Scene To Appease A Furious Idris Elba

Stringer Bell's death in The Wire's third season was apparently supposed to look very different. An angry Idris Elba had to ...
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Idris Elba Was at First ‘Against’ How His ‘The Wire’ Character Died, but Realized It Made a ‘Political Point’

Idris Elba was having a 40-degree day when first reading his character Stringer Bell’s death scene on “The Wire.” The acclaimed HBO series spanned five seasons between 2002 and 2008; Elba’s drug ...