Lance Gross has no drawback with Idris Elba refusing to name himself a “Black actor” … and whereas he is not essentially hopping on that practice, he is undoubtedly not down with labels.

We bought LG out in L.A. Thursday and bought his ideas on the entire “Black actor” dialogue … sparked by Idris declaring he not needs to be described that approach as a result of he feels it places him in a field.

Lance tells us, he completely understands Idris’ level, and mentioned his private stance is fairly related — “I am an actor first, who occurs to be Black.” Principally, he is not parading the time period both.

He additionally says he makes a degree to inform his staff to hunt out roles that are not written only for Black of us, and meaning he will get the “better of each worlds”.

For Lance, it is all about doing the job nicely, quite than speaking about his race.

Idris initially made his remarks whereas speaking to Esquire UK … however he is since doubled down on social media, regardless of drawing blended emotions from followers.

One person fired again, “You solely turned as standard as you’re due to BLACK AMERICANS, however as an alternative of utilizing your platform to talk UP for US, you promote acceptance of the established order. I’m DISGUSTED with you. Then once more, Black Individuals have traditionally been the ONLY group with BACKBONE.”