Sir Idris Elba was 'all for' Masters Of The Universe reboot because He-Man was 'a really big part' of his childhood
Sir Idris Elba was "all for" joining the Masters Of The Universe reboot because He-Man was "a really big part" of his childhood.
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Sir Idris Elba was "all for" joining the new Masters Of The Universe film because He-Man was "a really big part" of his childhood.
The Luther star, 53, is among the famous faces in the cast of the reboot - including Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man and Jared Leto as Skeletor - and he's confessed he was thrilled to take part because he was such a huge fan of the cartoon series when he was a child.
Elba told Empire magazine: "It’s a really big part of my childhood. My parents couldn’t afford the Star Wars toys, and the He-Man toys were cheaper, because it wasn’t as big.
"So I had He-Man, She-Ra, Battle Cat ... The cartoons were always a little bit more fun, a bit more camp, a bit more out-there."
The original film was released in 1987 and starred Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor.
The movie was based on Mattel's line of toys which previously spawned a popular 1980s cartoons series - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - before the characters made it to the big screen.
