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"Idris Elba has revealed the inspiration behind his decision to become an actor. Elba said that he was inspired to act after catching the Spider-Man TV show on the big screen when he was a kid. &amp;quot;When I was still a child. I was raised in Hackney (in East London) and there&amp;#039;s a beautiful cinema nearby called the Rio,&amp;quot; Elba told Hello. &amp;quot;They used to show kids&amp;#039; matinees and I went with my friends one day when they were showing the TV version of Spider-Man. &amp;quot;It was amazing; the entire audience were kids and no-one was sitting in their seat, they were climbing all over the place. I remember thinking, &amp;#039;That&amp;#039;s what I want to do. I want to be an actor&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Since then, Elba has starred in Thor, The Losers, RocknRolla, and the critically acclaimed HBO drama The Wire. He kicked off the New Year with a Golden Globe under his belt after winning the &amp;#039;Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television&amp;#039; award for his role in BBC series Luther. Elba can be seen next in Ridley Scott&amp;#039;s Prometheus opposite Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Noomi Rapace. Prometheus will be released this year on June 1 in the UK and on June 8 in the US. Watch the trailer for Prometheus below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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