--- ---  # Idris Elba Reading Romantic Fan Fiction About Himself Is As Good As You Think It Is  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 26, 2017 6:21 PM UTC   by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 26, 2017 6:21 PM UTC There are few things more satisfying in the fraught world we live in than hearing the dulcet tones of [Idris Elba](http://time.com/4299764/idris-elba-2016-time-100/), which is why this very excellent video of him [reading erotic fan fiction](http://time.com/4659949/idris-elba-dating-video/) is a veritable delight. In the clip, a promotion for his new film, [_The Mountain Between Us_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/14/kate-winslet-mountain-between-us-titanic/), Elba reads aloud romantic storylines written by fans that center around him; in one scenario, Elba and a fan are glamping in the snow, while in another they fly to Tahiti together to make sand sculpture. However, the best storyline might come from a fan who has Elba correctly guessing their predilection for puff pastry while in a bar, which causes them to exclaim, “Is Stringer Bell a psychic?!” — a line that elicited a chuckle from Elba himself. Watch the hilarious video below. Watch Idris Elba Read His Own Fan Fiction in this VIDEO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4957700/idris-elba-reads-romantic-fan-fiction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4957700/idris-elba-reads-romantic-fan-fiction/"},"headline":"Idris Elba Reading Romantic Fan Fiction About Himself Is As Good As You Think It Is","datePublished":"2017-09-26T18:21:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:33.512Z","description":"Blessings on blessings","url":"https://time.com/4957700/idris-elba-reads-romantic-fan-fiction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Idris Elba"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt468529a1927857f0/6988df74ab6d776f866aff63/idris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt468529a1927857f0/6988df74ab6d776f866aff63/idris.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Idris","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4957700/idris-elba-reads-romantic-fan-fiction/","name":"Idris Elba Reading Romantic Fan Fiction About Himself Is As Good As You Think It Is"}}]}] ```