We're delighted to end 2013 by welcoming Golden Globe winner Idris Elba to Mumsnet HQ on Thursday 19th December between 1.00 and 2.00pm to answer your questions.
Idris is best known for his portrayal of Russell 'Stringer' Bell in The Wire and later as Detective John Luther in BBC One's Luther. On January 3rd Idris is back on the big screen playing Nelson Mandela in the highly anticipated MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM for which he is has recently been nominated as ‘Best Actor’ for his portrayal of Mandela at the 2014 Golden Globes.
MANDELA was made with the full support and endorsement of Mr Mandela, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. Mr Mandela entrusted his life story to South African producer Anant Singh in the face of fierce competition from the major international studios. Singh spent 16 years developing the film, teaming up with David Thompson and finally commencing principal photography of this UK-South African coproduction in May 2012.
Come and chat to Idris on Thursday at 1.00pm and to find out more about the new film and his other work. If you're unable to join us please post a question in advance to this thread.
WEBCHAT GUIDELINES: 1. One question per member plus one follow-up. 2. Keep your question brief. 3. Don't moan if your question doesn't get answered. 4. Do be civil/polite. 5. If one topic or question threatens to overwhelm the webchat, MNHQ will usually ask for people to stop repeating the same question or point.
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Webchat with IDRIS ELBA: Thursday 19th December, 1-2pm
RachelMumsnet · 17/12/2013 17:00
He did rattle through loads of questions, MNHQ got their money's worth for sure.
Did I mention he answered my question and quoted me to make a joke? 
I'm dining out on this for a good while to come. 
We were given a few copies of Mandela (beautiful book of the film) which Idris kindly signed for us whilst he was at the Towers yesterday. Because it's the season of Good Will and all that we decided to randomly select one of the webchat attendees as winner of said book this morning. Congratulations..... Getorf who's name was chosen. We'll pm you with details and get the book off to you (sadly won't reach before Christmas but a lovely surprise for New Year). For those who are 
quickly sign up to follow @MumsnetTowers and @MumsnetBookclub and retweet as there's a comp launched to win a further 2 signed copies of the book.
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