Afrobeats icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti‘s music has been used as the soundtrack for the new Netflix movie, ‘The Harder They Fall‘ featuring Idris Elba and Regina King.
Netflix posted the teaser for the new movie via their Instagram page on Thursday, the 24th of June 2021. They shared the teaser for the new movie by Netflix and the Fela song ‘Let’s Start‘ came in around the 44th second. Netflix also wrote;
The Harder They Fall | Teaser
This Fall, We Ride!! Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, LaKeith Stanfield, Delroy Lindo, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Danielle Deadwyler and Deon Cole star in The Harder They Fall
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Apart from having Fela’s music in the movie, Netflix also hired star actors like Idris Elba, Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield, and many more to bring their idea to life. The plot for the movie reads;
When outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) is being released from prison he rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge. Those riding with him in this assured, righteously new school Western include his former love Stagecoach Mary (Zazie Beetz), his right and left hand men — hot-tempered Bill Pickett (Edi Gathegi) and fast drawing Jim Beckwourth (R.J. Cyler)—and a surprising adversary-turned-ally. Rufus Buck has his own fearsome crew, including “Treacherous” Trudy Smith (Regina King) and Cherokee Bill (LaKeith Stanfield), and they are not a group that knows how to lose.
