Trailer For Nelson Mandela's Biopic "Long Walk To Freedom" Is Out (Video)

A first glimpse of the long awaited movie that tells the extraordinary story of Nelson Mandela's life"Mandela Long Walk To Freedom" is out. The movie tells the extraordinary story of Mandela's life, from his childhood in the rural village to being imprisoned on Robben Island and then becoming the first democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994.

Idris Elba plays the the part of Nelson Mandela while Naomie Harris plays Winnie Mandela in the biopic.

The first words from the movie are "I have walked the long walk to freedom. It has been a long walk and it is not over yet."

Elba is already the favourite to win an Oscar for the film in 2014. Even though he has never met Mandela but he said "It meant so much to me, it's such a massive opportunity to be part of a true legend's life and more importantly, the film re-educates people on this legend. I never met Mr. Mandela because he was very ill, so our interpretation of him was without his personal influence. But the script is such a good script and obviously it comes from his book, and the book speaks for itself."

Elba admits he looks nothing like Mandela but judging by the trailer, he certainly studied Mandela's voice.

Naomie Harris admits playing Winnie Mandela was the toughest thing she has ever done. She said, "For me, that was the most challenging role that i've ever played and i absolutely loved playing her; right from this innocent woman to this warrior figure."

The film will be released January 3 2014.