{"id":51559,"date":"2022-08-21T01:31:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T01:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/idris-elba-talks-not-casting-daughter-isan-elba-in-beast\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T01:31:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T01:31:36","slug":"idris-elba-talks-not-casting-daughter-isan-elba-in-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/idris-elba-talks-not-casting-daughter-isan-elba-in-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba Talks Not Casting Daughter Isan Elba in &#8216;Beast&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"lede-image-wrapper inset square\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper crop-override\">\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 1180px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 1180px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/b82\/847\/7c44fc042c674a85d141ebea9af86683af-idris-elba-and-isan-elba.2x.rsquare.w330.jpg 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1180px) \" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/b82\/847\/7c44fc042c674a85d141ebea9af86683af-idris-elba-and-isan-elba.rsquare.w330.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 768px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/b82\/847\/7c44fc042c674a85d141ebea9af86683af-idris-elba-and-isan-elba.2x.rsquare.w330.jpg 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/b82\/847\/7c44fc042c674a85d141ebea9af86683af-idris-elba-and-isan-elba.rsquare.w330.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/b82\/847\/7c44fc042c674a85d141ebea9af86683af-idris-elba-and-isan-elba.2x.rsquare.w330.jpg\"\/> <\/picture>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"lede-image-data\">\n<p>\n                <span class=\"credit\">Photo: Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cl72bw91t000ixuol29035gbn@published\" data-word-count=\"102\">Although there are many Tik Toks from Gen Z who find out their favorite actor has famous parents, it can still come as a shock when a familiar last name in a casting announcement isn&#8217;t just a coincidence.  However, there is still hope for young actors without cinematically connected parents.  When it came time for Idris Elba&#8217;s latest movie, <em>beast<\/em><em>,<\/em> to cast the roles of his daughters, the movie chose actresses Iyana Halley and Leaf Sava Jeffires, two people unrelated to Elba.  Elba&#8217;s real-life daughter, Isan Elba, also auditioned for one of the parts, but the team ultimately went in another direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cl72fueh0000u3b6vlyw7rk8e@published\" data-word-count=\"140\">Idris shared with <em>The Breakfast Club<\/em> that she wasn&#8217;t the right actress for the part.  \u201cShe She wants to be an actress and she auditioned,\u201d Elba explained.  \u201cAnd you know, it came down to chemistry in the end.  You know, my daughter, she was great, but the relationship in the film and the relationship with my daughter was \u2014 the chemistry wasn&#8217;t right for film, weirdly enough.  My daughter didn&#8217;t talk to me for about three weeks.\u201d  The film&#8217;s producer Will Packer chimed in: \u201cIdris is right, some of the nuances of that real-life relationship sometimes doesn&#8217;t translate on screen.\u201d  Packer was eventually the one who broke the news to Isan that she did n&#8217;t get the part.  Despite the brief cold shoulder, the two seem to have no hard feelings as Isan attended the film&#8217;s premiere with her father this week.<\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-instagram\/instances\/cl72g2bg400183b6vsjq3t227@published\" class=\"clay-instagram\" data-editable=\"default\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChFc-cdOG8V\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"related multi related-count-2\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/related\/instances\/cl72bx9bd000r3b6veb0xcs62@published\" data-track-type=\"article-list\">\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images Although there are many Tik Toks from Gen Z who find out their favorite actor has famous parents, it can still come as a shock when a familiar last name in a casting announcement isn&#8217;t just a coincidence. However, there is still hope for young actors without cinematically connected parents. 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