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Idris Elba Returns To His Roots With Emotional Tribute To College Days

Idris Elba brought back many memories with an affectionate message congratulating Barking & Dagenham College that had set him on this...

By way of contrast to the upright posture that the actor with enormous screen presence is known for, Elba plonked himself on one knee beside a newly laid paving stone bearing his name and a treasured quotation: “Don’t get labelled. !” while another managed to nail it down: “That smile says it all.” There came another strange one, cryptic about freedom being a product (someone’s been lurking on conspiracy threads), but the rest were spot on–congratulations, with admiration, and a kid just bluntly stated… “When I grow up I want to be like you Idris!” Elba’s second visit was more than the photo op; it tied in with a bigger happening—MOBO Awards shout-outs, and friends like Kanya King CBE alluded to some sort of ceremony, maybe even a scholarship or mentorship gig.

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