Elba played erudite but cold-hearted gangster Stringer Bell in three seasons of The Wire, one of the leaders of the drug ring being surveilled in the police operation that gives the all-time-great show its name.

After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell. But when he first got word of his departure from the show, the actor admits he was less than thrilled.

Idris Elba has revealed that he’s never watched “The Wire” and he never will. The hunky actor and sought-after DJ confessed that he hasn’t seen a single episode of the HBO hit that made him a household name,