“In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned ...

In addition, Mr Mandela's book Conversations with Myself, which was published worldwide in October 2010, contains many extracts from his "unpublished autobiographical manuscript written in prison", as ...

Idris Elba says he ‘heard strange noise’s during his night in a South African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela role (Getty Images for Paramount Pictu) However, he still took value from ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela ... connection to Mandela.” The biopic chronicled Mandela’s life journey, including spending 27 years in prison before serving ...

The very existence of the manuscript only became public knowledge in late 1989, shortly before Nelson Mandela's release from prison. In a report dated October 29 1989 the Sunday ... On page 509 ...