Sharjah24 – Reuters: British actor Idris Elba’s latest character goes up against a lion as he fights for survival in new action movie ‘’Beast’’, which had it’s London premiere on Wednesday (August 24).
Elba stars as Dr Nate Daniels, a dad who takes his two grieving daughters on what should be the trip of a lifetime, to a game reserve in South Africa. But as the family start to enjoy the break and discuss the recent passing of the girls’ mum, a lion, who escaped a gang of lethal poachers, starts attacking humans.
Famous for his work on television including as Russell ‘’Stringer’’ Bell in ‘’The Wire’’ and for films such as ‘’Thor: Ragnarok'’ and ‘’Beasts of No Nation’’, Elba said he took the role because of the mix of genres the movie offers.
While the movie was shot on location in South Africa, all the lions in the film were computer generated, with producer Will Packer explaining they had to be as ‘’there’s no way to shoot a movie like this with real lions in a humane way.’’
Elba was happy with the end result saying he thinks the CGI and special effects should win an award.
‘‘Beast’’, which also stars Iyana Halley and Leah Jeffries, is out in the UK on August 26.
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