Idris Elba Finds Swirl Love in "The Big C"

Idris Elba has Taken a recurring part is Showtime's new series "The Big C," where He'll play a painter and Potential love interest for Laura Linney's cancer-Stricken Suburbanite, Showtime says. "The Big C," WCG is Scheduled Premiere Thurs Aug. 16, tells the story of Cathy (Laura Linney), a Suburban mother and high school teacher Ken Finds out she has cancer. The show stars Also Gabourey Sidibé ("Precious") and Oliver Platt as Linney's Husband. The Big C

Also Idris Elba stars in "Luther," a six-episode crime drama That premiered on the BBC in May and will make way ITS Thurs BBC America later this year.