Where Luther cast are now as Netflix movie details revealed – losing 5 teeth over unusual addiction to racy sex scenes
FANS of crime drama Luther have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new movie - due out in March after a three-year hiatus.
This week, the film name was been revealed as Luther: The Fallen Sun, prompting a new buzz around its release.
Original cast members Idris Elba and Dermot Crowley will star alongside Andy Serkis and Cynthia Erivo in the movie, which will air on Netflix.
But what happened to the rest of the cast of the hard-hitting drama?
From award-winning roles to a boozy bust-up and a tragic death, here’s where the original actors are now.
Idris Elba
The multi-talented actor, DJ and musician had already starred in the US drama The Wire before landing the lead in Luther, in 2010.
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He went on to star in two Thor movies and The Suicide Squad as well as playing Nelson Mandela in The Long Walk To Freedom, in 2013.
He was crowned the Essence’s World’s Sexiest Man and People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive and was awarded an OBE in 2016.
Idris, now 50, had been tipped as a future James Bond but recently ruled himself out because he said he was “too old”, saying “nobody wants to see Bond giving chase or beating up guys when he is 60.”
A talented singer and DJ, he recently promised his fans more music, saying: “I'm not giving up acting but I'm definitely going to put out more music and I just love the process of making music, I think that's what I'm going to do."
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Idris has been married three times - first to Kim Nørgaard, from 1999 to 2003, and briefly to Nicole Hamlin in 2006.
In April 2019 he wed model Sabrina Dhowre in Marrakesh. He also has two children: a daughter, Isan, with Nørgaard and a son with former girlfriend Naiyana Garth.
Ruth Wilson
The British actor shot to fame in BBC's Jane Eyre and won a Golden Globe for her role in The Affair.
The former model, who played Alice Morgan in Luther, went on to star in the wartime drama Mrs Wilson, playing her own grandmother, and the TV series His Dark Materials.
Ruth, 40, is thought to be in a relationship but has never revealed her dating status, although she has talked about her desire for kids.
She said: "My mum had four kids at my age and all my brothers have replicated my parents’ marriage — they’ve got kids and are settled... Sometimes I think, God, I’d really love some kids, and other times it’s like: no way…
"Life will take its paths and you have to believe things will happen for a reason. I am quite laissez-faire about it, and I am happy as I am at the moment."
Kierston Wareing
Award-winning actress Kierston starred in Fish Tank before taking the role of Caroline Jones in Luther.
She also starred as Kirsty Branning in EastEnders, from 2012 to 2014, and as Ashley Davidson in Hollyoaks, where she was bumped off by the mysterious gloved killer in 2015.
She starred as Lisa in Sky drama Mad Dogs, Leda in the BBC's Strike and even popped up in the big-budget miniseries The Bible.
Kierston also reunited with Idris Elba in the British movie 100 Streets.
In 2016, Kierston revealed she had kicked a 15-year addiction to Coke - the fizzy drink, not the drug.
She said she drank seven cans a day, resulting in the loss of five of her teeth.
She said: “It’s been so painful, I’ve been waking up in agony and it is all down to Coca-Cola. I had an addiction to it.
“I would wake up in the middle of the night and I would crave a can of Coke. Then I would get up in the morning and the first thing I’d drink was a can of Coke. I’ve brought all this on myself.”
The same year she was reportedly involved in a booze-filled rant at a pub after door-staff failed to recognise her.
Kierston, now 46, was left with a fractured arm after an altercation at The Sutton Arms in Hornchurch, Essex.
A statement from her rep said: “Kierston suffered an unprovoked attack within the venue, which resulted in a fractured arm and left her in severe pain, so understandably she was upset.
“My client apologised that evening to anyone who she may have offended and will be reporting the attack to the police.”
Steven Mackintosh
Steven has starred in over 100 films and TV shows during his glittering career.
He played Richard Garland in The Halcyon and has also had roles in Kick-Ass 2, The Sweeney and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
He is also an experienced documentary narrator and voices the TV series Saving Lives At Sea.
In 2018, he starred in the X-rated drama Wanderlust with Toni Colette and admitted he was “incredibly nervous” about the sex scenes, but added they were realistic because of their awkwardness.
“The awkwardness, the fumbling, the moments in between, that’s what takes the curse out of all of that,” he said. “It’s really rooted in these people trying to figure things out, and that feels completely real for me.”
Steven - most recently seen in the TV drama The Pact - is married to actress Lisa Jacobs and they share two daughters, Martha, 30, and Blythe Mackintosh, 26.
Warren Brown
Warren played Andy Holt in Hollyoaks from 2005 to 2006 and also appeared in spin-off shows Hollyoaks: No Going Back, Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead and Hollyoaks: Crossing the Line before being killed off in 2006.
He went on to star as DS Justin Ripley in Luther, gaining a huge female following.
More recently he has starred in Liar with Joanne Froggat, Trigger Point with Vicky McClure, and The Responder, opposite Martin Freeman.
Warren keeps his love life close to his chest but earlier this month a US magazine caused a stir by claiming he had secretly wed his long term love.
One distraught fan tweeted: “Warren Brown Get Married? It should have beeeeeeeen meeeeeeeee!!!!!”
Away from the screen, the 45-year-old has competed at world-level in Muay Thai (Thai boxing) and is a two-time World Champion.
Indira Varma
Somerset-born actress Indira starred as Luther’s estranged wife Zoe, who met a nasty end at the hands of killer Ian Reed in series one.
She went on to play Ellaria Sands in Game of Thrones as well as starring in the TV dramas Paranoid and, more recently, Capture.
She also starred in the epic Biblical movie Exodus: Gods and Kings, in 2014.
She is currently filming Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning with Tom Cruise, and is set to star in two upcoming TV dramas, Dune: the Sisterhood and Extrapolations
Indira, 49, lives in North London with husband Colin Tierney and their daughter.
Luke Westlake
Luke starred as Lee Peck in the fifth series of Luther but his mental health spiralled downwards during lockdown, when acting work dried up.
Tragically the 26-year-old took his own life in June 2020.
An inquest heard that the actor was a heavy drug user and had been seeking therapy for issues around childhood abuse before he died.
Wunmi Mosaku
The Nigerian-born actress was raised in Manchester and graduated from RADA in 2007.
She played DS Catherine Halliday in the final series of Luther.
She won a Bafta for her portrayal of Gloria Taylor, the mother of murdered ten-year-old Damilola Taylor, in a 2016 TV film.
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She has recently starred in the 2021 drama Loki and this year she starred in the movies Call Jane, with Sigourney Weaver, and Alice Darling, with Anna Kendrick.
Wunmi is married but has never revealed the name of her husband.