{"id":7953,"date":"2015-08-05T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T14:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=7953"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:12:19","slug":"idris-elba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/idris-elba","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba Becomes The First Male Maxim Cover Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The magazine\u2019s September issue is being called the &#8220;Legit Issue.&#8221; Other men being featured include A$AP Rocky, Gay Talese, and Fetty Wap.<\/p>\n<h2>An Easy Decision<\/h2>\n<p>There were many deserving men to choose from, but for editor-in-chief Kate Lanphear the choice was easy. Elba was the obvious cover model in her mind,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cThere was no one else in the world more badass than Idris,\u201d <\/i>she says. <i>\u201cFor me, he was really the perfect embodiment of what I think the new Maxim man is. He\u2019s multi-dimensional, he\u2019s complex, he\u2019s sophisticated, but he\u2019s down to earth.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7955\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480-450x270.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480-85x51.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/image.thefashionisto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-Maxim-September-2015-Cover-Photo-Shoot-007-800x480.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<h2>Big Plans For The Actor<\/h2>\n<p>Elba is involved in television, movies, and music. He is known for playing Russell &#8220;Stringer&#8221; Bell in the HBO series <em>The Wire<\/em>, Detective John Luther in the BBC One series <em>Luther<\/em>, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film<em> Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.<\/em> He has been in the movies\u00a0<i>American Gangster<\/i>, <i>Takers<\/i>, <i>Thor<\/i>, <i>Prometheus<\/i>, <i>Pacific Rim<\/i>, and <em>T<\/em><i>hor: The Dark World<\/i>. He also is a DJ under the stage name DJ Big Driis. He is quite accomplished in all fields: he has been nominated three times for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film and he has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award four times. Next month, Elba will portray the charismatic commandant of an African child army in Cary Fukunaga\u2019s Beasts of No Nation. He is sure to reveal more once the September issue of Maxim comes out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7956\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Idris-Elba-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i3.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article3011222.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/Idris-Elba.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/10-richest-movie-stars-discover-golden-screen\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0The 10 Richest Movie Stars. 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