Idris Elba Goes From DJ To Manny In Trailer For “Turn Up Charlie”

You’ve seen him protecting Asgard. You’ve seen him pilot the Prometheus. You’ve even seen him menace Captain Kirk. And now you can’t wait to see a super-powered version of him taking on Hobbs and Shaw. But have you ever seen Idris Elba DJ?

The trailer for Netflix’s comedy series Turn Up Charlie dropped a few days ago, featuring Idris Elba playing a DJ named Charlie, who has to become a nanny to further his career.

Check out the trailer.

Utilizing Elba’s real life DJ skills, Turn Up Charlie focuses on Charlie, a struggling DJ who lives in his mother’s house, who is given a final chance at success when he becomes a many to his famous bet friend’s daughter, Gabby (Frankie Hervey).  And she doesn’t play nice.

Elba co-created the series with Gary Reich, which was given a straight-to-series order featuring eight episodes which will all drop on March 15.