{"id":15651,"date":"2026-10-20T15:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=15651"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:16:23","slug":"children-of-blood-and-bone-is-something-brand-new-says-damson-idris-it-felt-really-fresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/children-of-blood-and-bone-is-something-brand-new-says-damson-idris-it-felt-really-fresh\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Of Blood And Bone Is \u2018Something Brand New\u2019, Says Damson Idris: \u2018It Felt Really Fresh\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cast list for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Children Of Blood And Bone<\/em> is, frankly, ludicrous. There\u2019s a whole stack of legends: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Regina King, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Lashana Lynch. And then there\u2019s a crop of some of the best young talent around too: Amandla Stenberg, Rocks<\/em>\u2019 Bukky Bakery, Tosin Cole, Thuso Mbedu, and Damson Idris. It\u2019s the kind of ensemble that makes the film\u2019s intention clear: this is an event movie. While the idea of blockbuster Afrofuturism went mainstream with Black Panther<\/em>, Children Of Blood And Bone<\/em> conjures a world of Afrofantasy \u2013 set in the fictional kingdom of Or\u00efsha, where magic once existed, but has been banished.<\/p>\n

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As Damson Idris \u2013 who plays Inan, a prince who forms an important bond with Thuso Mbedu\u2019s protagonist Z\u00e9lie \u2013 tells Empire<\/em>, there\u2019s never been anything quite like this before, especially with this kind of cast. \u201cIt was just really exciting to be in this world and to see an absolute transformation of so many amazing actors doing something of heritage and culture and importance,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt felt like we were making something brand-new, and it felt really fresh. And that to me is what symbolised what Children Of Blood And Bone is<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The role of Prince Inan was one he knew he could embody \u2013 and there\u2019s plenty of meat in the role as he undergoes a transformative character arc. \u201cHe wants to be a different type of king, and in meeting Z\u00e9lie when he\u2019s sent on the mission to stop magic, he essentially is faced with a mirror,\u201d Idris teases. \u201c\u2018Who am I? What type of king do I want to be, and what type of man do I want to be?\u2019\u201d Get ready to find out on the biggest screen possible, filled with legends old and new.<\/p>\n

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Read Empire<\/em>\u2019s full Children Of Blood And Bone<\/em> story in the Dune: Part Three issue, on sale Thursday October 22. Pre-order a copy online here. Children Of Blood And Bone<\/em> comes to cinemas from January 22, 2027.<\/p>\n

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The cast list for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Children Of Blood And Bone is, frankly, ludicrous. There\u2019s a whole stack of legends: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Regina King, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Lashana Lynch. And then there\u2019s a crop of some of the best young talent around too: Amandla Stenberg, Rocks\u2019 Bukky Bakery, Tosin Cole, Thuso Mbedu, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-15651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-47","tag-dune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15653,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15651\/revisions\/15653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}