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Idris Elba: His daughter was “cut” at the audition and he … paid her

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She hadn’t spoken to him in weeks.

THE Idris Elba (Idris Elba) said his daughter didn’t speak to him for weeks after she failed to land the role in his latest film, Beast.

The new thriller stars the British actor as a recently widowed man who moves with his two daughters to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa, where everything changes when a lion starts stalking them.

Last week on an episode of iHeart Radio’s The Breakfast Club, Elba revealed that his 20-year-old daughter, Isan, hadn’t spoken to him “for about three weeks” after he lost the role to play his daughter in the film.

“He auditioned and in the end we didn’t have chemistry. She’s great, but the relationship in the movie, the relationship with my daughter was… the chemistry wasn’t right for the movie, surprisingly.”explained.

The producer Will Packer (Will Packer), who informed Isan of the decision, added: “I called her and spoke to her, because I’ve known her for a long time.”

“I’m like ‘Uncle Will'”he said. “Elba auditioned her, he was very hard on her. He said [στην κόρη του]: ‘Listen, at the end of the day we’re going to make the best decision for the movie. I trust you, Will, trust the director,’ and she was very good, very tight.”

THE Leah Jeffries (Leah Jeffries) and the Iyana Halley (Iyana Halley) play Elba’s daughters in the film.

Elba later praised his daughter, saying, “She was very gracious about it and we got through it and I’m really proud of her for

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