Idris Elba may have made a mark with his role on The Wire, but that doesn’t mean he watched the show. “I wanna stay in the present, and I wanna talk about the future. But if you will indulge me, a little bit of past, because — and I promise I'll make it fast,” Poehler told her guest. "But I'm such a huge fan of The Wire .”

Idris Elba is known as one of the smoothest actors around, thanks to both the caliber of his performances and for the cool demeanor he brings to many of his roles - a reputation he built on the back of his beloved performance as Stringer Bell across three seasons of The Wire.