How Idris Elba Really Feels About The Marvel Cinematic Universe

During an interview with Yahoo! Movies back in 2018, Elba was asked about the MCU and revealed that he didn't know what the term meant, asking, "What's MCU?" When he was told what it stood for, he said, "Oh right, I have never heard that before! I thought it was Manchester United... but don't worry about it." 

Prior to that interview, Elba had previously gone on record in 2014 about his frustration working on 2013's "Thor: The Dark World," saying, "I was like, 'This is torture, man. I don't want to do this.' My agent said: 'You have to, it's part of the deal.'" Elba did, however, have a better time working on 2017's "Thor: Ragnarok," telling Entertainment Weekly, "The last one was fun. The others weren't fun. They're work. But on this one, (director Taika Waititi) was great."

While his character, Heimdall, was killed in the opening sequence of 2018's "Avengers: Infinity War," there are rumors that Elba could return to reprise the role in next year's "Thor: Love and Thunder." The actor doesn't seem opposed to that happening either and seemed to speak more highly of his experience working with Marvel while talking with Metro in 2018, saying, "It's been amazing playing in the Marvel family. I'm sure they decided to get rid of as many characters because they've run their natural course. I loved playing him, he was my G, my guy."

In other words, although he may not be quite as enthusiastic about the MCU as some of his Marvel co-stars are, it looks like Elba has come around a bit on his part in the superhero world. Just don't expect him to always know what the MCU is.