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The Wire, 10 years on: 'We tore the cover off a city and showed the American dream was dead' | The Wire | The Guardian
![TIL that Idris Elba (aka Stringer Bell from the Wire) is actually British and hid this information from the makers of The Wire when auditioning (4th paragraph) : r/todayilearned TIL that Idris Elba (aka Stringer Bell from the Wire) is actually British and hid this information from the makers of The Wire when auditioning (4th paragraph) : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/ljyXKefzXXEbnDdu5WvbaZJ8ake311XWwps3QSiZLXg.jpg?auto=webp&s=88e5f1aa5774fd5c0d0a9426a2a0c632252a8891)
TIL that Idris Elba (aka Stringer Bell from the Wire) is actually British and hid this information from the makers of The Wire when auditioning (4th paragraph) : r/todayilearned
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Idris Elba explains his "problem" with Stringer Bell in The Wire | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad
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