He's an on-screen character, a professional kickboxer, an emcee, a rapper and a dress architect — so it's nothing unexpected the current year's Sexiest Man Alive, Idris Elba, likes to have a great time.
His current go-to bad habit? "Bourbon may be a bad habit. It's a tricky slant since it's an extremely impactful liquor," says Elba. "With regards to nourishment, I could eat meat. A great deal. Like steak."
Experiencing childhood in East London as a single youngster to African migrants, Elba, 46, "was a decent child however my folks were very strict," he tells PEOPLE in the current week's main story. "When I resembled 14, when I grew a mustache essentially, I was gone."
Going to an all-young men school was somewhat of a "culture stun," the on-screen character demands. "It was bunches of bombast, machismo, who's greater than who?" reviews Elba, who additionally played games like football, soccer and cricket. "I was a C or B understudy. I couldn't sit in a classroom for significant lots of time. I'd get exhausted."
When he discovered acclaim, Elba took in the significance of being legitimate. "When I meet somebody, I can kind of perused which part of me they need to see — in the event that they need to see that person on TV," he says. "Furthermore, in some cases that is not you, all things considered."
