>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WE ARE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR
OF "LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN," IDRIS ELBA.
YOU ARE WEST AFRICAN. YOUR MOM IS FROM GHANA AND YOUR
FATHERS FROM SIERRA LEONE FOR YOU RECENTLY WENT TO GHANA.
RIGHT HERE. LAST MONTH.
WHAT WAS THE OCCASION? [APPLAUSE]
>> Idris: YEAH. I WAS IN GHANA, I WAS MAKING A
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE GOLD COAST.
I WAS REALLY FASCINATED HOW, HUMANS ARE FASCINATED WITH THIS.
WHILE I WAS THERE IN A SHANTY KINGDOM, THE KING, THE ASHANTI
KING SAID WHAT YOU COME TO THIS PROCESSION.
HE SAID PLEASE COME AND SAY HI HIGH.
SO I SHOWED UP IN MY JEANS AND THEY WERE LIKE NO, NO, NO, NO.
YOU'VE GOT TO WEAR THIS. THAT WAS THE OUTFIT.
IT WAS A REALLY FASCINATING DAY. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, TRADITION WAS
RICH. THIS IS A KENTE OUTFIT.
CLOTH. >> Stephen: HAD YOU WORN ONE
BEFORE? IS IT HARD?
IS A DIFFICULT, SPECIAL WAY? >> Idris: THERE IS A SYSTEM.
WE MEET THE KING, TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TO DROP THE SHOULDER DOWN A
LITTLE BIT AND THEN SHAKE THE KING'S HAND.
IT'S PART OF TRADITION. >> Stephen: WHAT DOES IT
SYMBOLIZE, OPENNESS? >> Idris: SORT OF A SYMBOL OF
RESPECT. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I'M
WEARING IT. UNDERNEATH YOU'VE JUST GOT YOUR
SHORTS ON. MY THINKING.
OH, MAN, I AM GOING TO MEET THE KING AND IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF
AND I'M STANDING THERE IN MY BOXERS.
I WAS LIKE, PLEASE. LET THIS NOT HAPPEN TO ME.
IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY BEAUTIFUL TIME AND I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE
FUN OF IT. IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL.
>> Stephen: THE NEW FILM, YOU ARE RETURNING AS DETECTIVE JOHN
LUTHER IN "LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN."
FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, WHO IS JOHN LUTHER?
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO PLAY A CHARACTER FOR 13 YEARS?
>> Idris: I KNOW. JOHN LUTHER IS THE CHARACTER
THAT I PLAYED IN 2010. HE'S A DETECTIVE.
IT'S THE DETECTIVE GENRE. HE'S A BROKEN MAN, TORTURED.
IT WAS FOR THE BBC ORIGINALLY AND WE DID FIVE SEASONS.
IT'S A GREAT SHOW. I LOVE THAT SHOW.
EVENTUALLY WE WANTED TO SEE IT ON A BIGGER SCALE SO WE SORT OF
PUT IT IN THE ETHER AND HERE WE ARE WITH A FILM, THE FIRST FILM.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
SEE? >> Idris: NO.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T. IT WILL BE EXCITING FOR BOTH OF
US. >> Idris: [LAUGHS]
>> WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS IT?
>> Idris: IN THE CUPBOARD. >> IN THE CUPBOARD.
IDIOT. >> LISTEN TO THIS.
HAVE YOU? >> NO.
>> GOOD. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
THE DYING BREATHS OF A YOUNG MAN.
IT'S HORRIBLE. I WANT TO FIND WHO MADE THAT
RECORDING YOU'RE GOING TO HELP ME BY TELLING ME HOW IT'S
TRANSMITTED. OKAY.
THIS IS THE PART WHERE I DO SOMETHING HORRIBLE TO YOU.
PERHAPS TATTOO YOUR EYEBALL. THERE YOU GO.
THERE YOU GO. DON'T MOVE.
STOP MOVING. STOP MOVING.
[APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: IDRIS, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. "LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN"
PREMIERES THIS FRIDAY ON NETFLIX.
IT'S IDRIS ELBA, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE BACK WITH F. MURRAY
ABRAHAM.