A very interesting articles about the various reaction fans for the Elba casting about the races, but also Elba reaction himself and his publicist about the comment of his client.
However, his publicist flatly dismissed any suggestion of a row between fans and film-makers, telling the Guardian that the actor was merely being mischievous. "There's no controversy," said Rupert Fowler. "Idris was being flippant in the [TV Times] interview."
His UK agent, Roger Charteris, said Elba had chosen the role of Heimdall on artistic rather than political grounds. "He just wanted to do the movie and work with Kenneth Branagh.
"He liked the script and he liked the movie and he had always wanted to work with Kenneth Branagh. It wasn't like a statement: 'Oh, I'm going to do this.' It's always a purely creative decision."