Idris Elba rehearses with Absolutely Fabulous stars in never-seen-before picture

A recently released, never-seen-before representation sees a young Idris Elba rehearsing with Dame Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders for his Absolutely Fabulous appearance.

In the aboriginal days of Elba’s career, helium featured successful an occurrence of the deed 90s British sitcom arsenic antheral escort Hilton alongside Dame Joanna’s Patsy and Saunders’ Edina.

At 1 constituent successful the episode, Patsy sits connected his genu and asks “Hey, has anyone ever told you that you look a spot similar Sean Connery?” to which helium replies: “No.”

In the scene, helium besides dances with Patsy aft she asks: “Hey Hilt, if I accidental you person a beauteous assemblage would you clasp it against me?”

In an upcoming reunion peculiar successful which Saunders and Dame Joanna reminisce astir their clip moving connected the 90s show, they bespeak connected Elba’s appearance.

Dame Joanna says: “I similar to deliberation you launched him successful Ab Fab. Anyway, since past he’s ne'er mentioned Ab Fab.”

However, Saunders chimes successful to accidental she has met him since and thought helium was “absolutely lovely”.

As they speculate connected wherefore Elba does not bring up his diagnostic successful the amusement often, Saunders admits that they did “give him the worst joke”.

She adds: “‘Like Sean Connery’, truthful the mediocre man, I’m not amazed helium doesn’t advertise it.”

In a Netflix interrogation successful 2022, Elba reflected connected his clip connected the show, saying: “Ab Fab was conscionable similar a hoot, arsenic you tin imagine. I’ll ne'er hide that.

“Back successful the day, the BBC utilized to marque you rehearse for 5 days. I spent 5 days with Jennifer Saunders and they were conscionable pissing about.

“‘We don’t request 5 days for this, we’ll conscionable person a laugh’ and we did for 5 days person a laughter each time truthful I truly enjoyed that.”

Elba went connected to go a Hollywood star, playing the titular relation successful the transgression thriller Luther arsenic good arsenic appearing successful a big of TV bid and films including playing Nelson Mandela successful a biographical movie astir the erstwhile South African president.

The reunion programme, titled Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out, volition spot the stars of the amusement travel unneurotic for the archetypal clip since 2016.

Saunders and Dame Joanna volition beryllium joined by chap stars Julia Sawalha and Jane Horrocks connected the travel down representation lane.

The amusement volition besides wage tribute to June Whitfield, who died successful 2018 astatine the property of 93 and is known for her relation arsenic Mother successful the series.

Ab Fab, arsenic it is known among fans, archetypal appeared connected UK screens successful 1992 and followed PR brag Edina and retired exemplary Patsy arsenic they attempted to relive their younker successful 60s London by chasing 90s fads and indulging themselves.

Their hedonistic manner perpetually led to idiosyncratic crises which were yet solved by Eddie’s girl Saffy, played by Sawalha, and Horrocks featured arsenic Eddie’s foolish idiosyncratic adjunct Bubble.

The amusement made a three-episode instrumentality betwixt 2011 and 2012 to observe its 20th day and successful 2016 a movie based connected the bid was released.

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out volition aerial connected Gold astatine 9pm connected October 17 followed by the archetypal episodes being broadcast each nighttime connected Gold astatine 9pm weeknights passim October.