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" We&amp;#039;ll let Guillermo Del Toro sum up why he picked Idris Elba \u2014 of The Wire, Luther, and, yes, the oft-rumored heir to the James Bond franchise \u2014 to star in Pacific Rim: &amp;quot;Idris is one of those actors that is capable of embodying humanity, in almost like a Rodin sculpture-type, larger than life, almost like a Russian realism statue, you know, big hands, all the turmoil of humanity in his eyes.&amp;quot; Del Toro is right, if not selling the man short. In addition to his own film, right now Elba is connected to the biggest news stories, the biggest albums \u2014 even the second-biggest film \u2014 of the week. Scroll over each flag to see what we&amp;#039;re talking about.  Warner Bros./Everett Collection      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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