Idris Elba already wants ‘Luther’ season 5 in some form

Even though the upcoming season 4 of “Luther” does not air until next week, Idris Elba is already making it clear that this is a character he has no intention of abandoning anytime soon. Maybe he will play John in a feature film, or in another batch of episodes for the BBC. It doesn’t ultimately matter too much to him.

In speaking to Yahoo! TV about why he loves this character and what the future may hold, the actor made it clear that there are so many reasons that he loves getting to dive back into playing this part:

“Like in this world that we live in right now, we’re all sort of looking for someone to speak up and go, like, ‘What the f—?’ And Luther is that guy. Albeit drama, TV, whatever, but that guy stands up and goes, ‘What the f–?’ And I like that about Luther, and I represent that. It’s a very weird time. We’re all sitting here going, ‘Wow. Somebody’s gonna get shot any moment.’ But to have someone that just goes, ‘Don’t worry about it, guys. I’m gonna put on my gray coat and my red tie and I’ll take take care of this.’ F– it, let’s have that. So if I can play that part forever, [I’ll] do it.”

Ultimately, Elba loves to play Luther because he’s awesome. That is pretty much what we get out of that statement, and we do not blame him one bit for the sentiment. This is one of the best characters on TV for a reason.

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