Idris Elba: At school in London everyone wanted to fight me

Idris Elba says everyone wanted to fight him at school (PA)

Luther star Idris Elba has said that “everyone wanted to fight” him when he was growing up in London.

As a child Elba moved from Hackney to Canning Town and joined Trinity Boys School, where he discovered his love for drama, but also found that the students wanted to fight with him.