Idris Elba built a 100-acre television studio in Ghana. The speaker praises him for learning from industry exploitation and taking control as a producer, while criticizing actors who demand recognition instead of creating value.
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say, this may not resonate with you because his, his, his journey is his journey. My journey is my journey. But it really doesn't matter where you are in life because like I said, he came from nothing. Jasmine, you got pictures of the studio? Show the pictures of the studio. Did he unveil those pictures? No, those pictures aren't available yet. Okay, they're not available yet. So And so here's the thing. I love how he's innovating. I love how he's becoming the boss. I love how he learned from them white folks that was shortchanging him every which way. And yet, like I said, we got actors and actresses out here crying about their worth, crying about what it is that they're worth. And instead of creating the worth that they're worth, they want to demand that somebody gives it to them. And instead, he put his money where his mouth was and says, now I'm going to be the producer. I'm gonna call the shots. And that's them celebrating him for bringing a massive 100-acre studio to Ghana.