Idris Elba on getting Arsenal to change looks

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Actor Idris Elba went on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and talked about how his love for EPL club Arsenal dovetailed with anti-violence advocacy. Elba: "Arsenal’s my team, and for the first time in 100 years, I got Arsenal to play in an all-white kit." Arsenal traditionally wears red on the pitch, but Elba has teamed with Adidas for an anti-knife crime campaign in London called “No More Red.” So for the first time, the club in a January match wore all white, and Elba said, "They looked beautiful." However, it turned out to be a “terrible game." Elba: "They lost -- it was horrible -- and every time they messed up, (TV cameras) would cut to me and I'd be like, ‘Arrgghh!’” ( “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 4/5).



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