Actor Idris Elba showed off his playful side in a viral social media clip after using his lifelike wax figure to unlock his phone, much to the amusement, and bewilderment, of his mother. In the light-hearted video, Elba positions a wax replica of his face in front of his phone’s facial recognition sensor, which accepts it just as it would the real thing, and then calls his mum, pretending that the waxwork is him
Fans have praised the prank, dubbing it the “waxwork phone hack” and joking about the uncanny realism of modern wax figures, especially those created for attractions like Madame Tussauds. The clip quickly sparked reactions online, with many amused by Elba’s sense of humour and the fact that even advanced tech can be fooled by a detailed sculpture of a familiar face.
