London, Jan 14 (PTI) Actor Idris Elba, who is making hisdirectorial debut with "Yardie", said filmmaking is the"hardest" thing he has ever done.
The 45-year-old actor said he had never thought making afilm would be that difficult a task.
"It's been a lot of fun but the hardest thing I've done.
I never realised how difficult it was going to be, but I lovedit and getting to spend time in Jamaica was phenomenal...
"I consider myself fortunate to have had the opportunityto direct this material, with which I can identify quite abit. The story takes place in London and Jamaica, and it'sbased on the novel (Victor Headley's 'Yardie'), which waspopular urban fiction in the 1980s and 1990s," Elba said,according to Contactmusic.
"Yardie" is about a young Jamaican named "D", who arrivesin London in the early 1980s and unexpectedly discovers theman who assassinated his revered brother in Jamaica a decadeearlier.
The film was adapted by writers Brock Norman Brock andMartin Stellman. PTI RBRDS.
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