Idris Elba was “done with love” before he met his now-wife Sabrina.
The 49-year-old star – who was previously married to Kim Noorgard and Sonya Nicole Hamlin – was going through a “really difficult time” personally and professionally when he first came face-to-face with the former Miss Vancouver in 2017, but she made him “open to the idea” of getting involved with someone again.
He recalled to Sunday Times Style magazine: “I was going through a really difficult time.
“I was 44, my father had passed away, I felt bitter about acting and was done with relationships and love. I started to train as a professional fighter [after studying boxing as a teenager, he trained to become a professional kickboxing fighter in 2016, winning his debut professional fight]. I stopped drinking, got clean and had this amazing clarity.
“I flew to Canada to shoot a film [‘Molly’s Game’]. I was starring with Jessica Chastain, who’s so passionate about her craft, she made me fall in love with acting again.
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“Then I flew to Vancouver to shoot a film about unrequited love with Kate Winslet [‘The Mountain Between Us’] and the irony wasn’t lost on me: the last thing I wanted to think about was love. I was done with love. And it was there that I met Sabrina in a bar. She made me open to the idea of love again.”
Idris – who has daughter Isan, 20, from his first marriage and son Winston, eight, with former partner Naiyana Garth – used to keep his personal life private but Sabrina has encouraged him to be more open.
