Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. "In 2013, when ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

Combs allegedly brutally whipped a female Howard University student with a belt and was sentenced to one day of anger ...

African National Congress (ANC) president, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that Nelson Mandela's prison cell at Robben Island reminded him of his own experience behind bars. ANC leaders visited the island ...

Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island ... South African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela role (Getty Images for Paramount ...

Nelson Mandela was a South African revolutionary ... During his tenure in prison, Mandela regularly encountered a few repeated scenes; the view from his cell window, the gym facilities, and the ...

while you were in prison you were free, now that you are free don’t become a prisoner.’ Nelson Mandela’s emotions naturally gravitated toward anger and resentment. Whose wouldn’t?

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In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela ... in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to ...