Idris Elba in The Source Magazine

Actor Idris Elba is on the cover of this month’s Source Magazine. Inside he discusses the controversy caused by his role as Heimdall, an all-seeing, all-hearing Norse God in the new film Thor, producing for Jay-Z and his evolution as an actor.

Idris Elba

He says: ‘I've challenged my audience. I've taken them from being a drug lord to a preacher to married to Beyonce to American Gangster...versatility is the key to success.’

The magazine also talks to Simon Cowell on Hip-Hop’s place in the US version of X Factor.

The Source is out now and available from all good newsagents.