Idris Elba loves being a cowboy.
The Harder They Fall features Elba as Rufus Buck, an outlaw broken out of jail by his gang in the first moments of the teaser.
Directed by Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall puts a modern spin on the Western genre.
“I really, really loved westerns, but I would just see a really clear inconsistency with the portrayals of people of color, basically in the Old West and being such a fan of actors like Woody Strode, who was amazing in Spartacus but then you’ll see him pop up in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and he couldn’t get a drink in the bar,” he said.
He added, “I believe that The Harder They Fall fits firmly in the western , because the western, when Hollywood was doing it, was fresh.