Idris Alba, one of the well-known actors in Hollywood revealed the kind of odd job he did to earn money before becoming an actor. Well, it’s nothing too new to the world, that actors had to do some of the odd jobs around to earn money before making it big in the industry and saying that, Idris Alba has revealed that he used to sell drugs before he became an actor. He revealed that there are several things in which he doesn’t take pride on.
Elba revealed, “I used to sell weed. Can I say that on the show?” when asked to mention what he wasn’t proud of while talking to Cagle.
He further added, “I did that for a little bit just to, you know, help pay the way. I DJ’ed quite a bit. I was a doorman. I was a doorman at Carolines comedy club [in New York], which is fascinating now when I meet the comedians that you kind of remember the English guy. Tall English guy with the funny accent and the little hair.”
Elba then added, “David Chappelle remembers me ’cause he used to buy weed from me,” Elba said. “Anyway, moving on. Yeah, I did all kinds of things, to be honest, all kinds of things.”
Earlier Chappelle revealed that he used to buy weed from Elba. Elba said, “At the time, The Wire was sort of like a distant cousin to The Sopranos,” Elba recalled. “Season 1 was sort of like a sleeper hit. People were like, ‘Have you seen this show? It’s kind of interesting.’ Especially in the African American community… By season 3 it was up there with The Sopranos as a show that everyone was watching. But for the rest of the world, it didn’t happen for another seven to eight years.” As quoted by ew.com
