ELBA’S TERROR IN BURNING SHED
THE WIRE star IDRIS ELBA cheated death as a schoolboy - when a bully lock ed him in a shed and set it on fire.
The actor was targeted by another boy who would frequently steal his bi cycle when he was growing up in Hackney, east London.
Eventually he decided to stand up to his tormentor - but the teenager t rapped him in a wooden outhouse and torched it.
Elba tells Britain’s Live magazine, "The longest five minutes of my lif e were spent locked in a shed that was on fire. It all started because th ere was one boy in Hackney who used to steal my Raleigh Burner (bike) eve ry morning and return it later all bashed up.
"One day I decided enough was enough, so I refused to hand my bike over to him. He snatched it and rode off into the estate. I ran after him and found him in this shed. He set some paper alight and locked me in there.
There were flames everywhere, but I was more frightened of what my mum a nd dad were going to say when I came home covered in soot. That’s when I decided I wasn’t going to stand for any more bullying."
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