Idris Elba Reveals He Used To Sell Weed To Dave Chappelle
Idris Elba revealed in a recent interview that he sold weed to comedian Dave Chappelle while the British actor struggled to make a name for himself early in his career. Elba voices Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and is in the middle of a press tour to promote the film. In the sequel to the 2020 hit, he stars alongside James Marsden as Tom, Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic, Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Tails, and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik.
Elba may be a superstar at this point, but that wasn't always the case. While he'd already been acting for years in the UK, Elba's breakout role in the US didn't come until 2002 in the form of Russell «Stringer» Bell, one of the primary antagonists of HBO's drug war epic The Wire. Elba played the stoic and calculating Bell in the first three seasons of the show before his character was killed off of the critically-acclaimed series. The role helped to establish Elba's Hollywood credentials and the actor has since gone on to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Fast & Furious franchise, and recently in The Suicide Squad, just to name a few of his impressive credits. However, while establishing himself in the industry, Elba would have to rely on side jobs to stay afloat, and at least one of them wasn't exactly above board.
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While appearing on SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show Elba spoke about his side hustles in the early days of his career. Besides DJ gigs and working as a doorman at Caroline's Comedy Club, Elba admitted he also made some supplementary cash selling weed. And it seems like some of his clients may have been the comedy club's talent. "Dave Chappelle remembers me because he used to buy weed from me," Elba
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