Ungcelele "uLuther" unenani elikhulu labalandeli kwihlabathi liphela. Ngexesha lesihlanu le-BBC ibe nye ngoJanuwari ngo-2019, olu ngcelele lwalubonakalisa umdlalo obalaseleyo kuzo zonke iindlela zeBritani. Kwaye abalandeli bade baphuphe ifilimu elide. Kubonakala ngathi amaphupha abo aza kuzaliseka kungekudala. Ukuthetha kwinkcazo-ntetho yebhaso elikhethekileyo le-Bafta, i-Acris ye-Acris Elba, umgwebi wendima kaLuther, uthe:
Ndiphinde ndatsho ukuba ndingathanda ukuguqula "uLuther" kwifilimu. Kwaye bendihlala ndifuna iqela lothotho. Kwaye ngoku yenzeka! Kwifomathi emide epheleleyo, siya kuba namathuba angenasiphelo, imizila yeqhinga iya kuba yinkalipho, mhlawumbi siza kuwachukumisa de sibe sehlabathini sophando. Kodwa uJohn Luther uya kuhlala enguYe.
I-idris e-Elba inethemba lokuba ifilimu yexesha elizayo iya kufana nabahlobo baka-Assilles njengasixhenxe ngo-1995 kwaye "kwaye besiza isigcawu" 2001. Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku malunga neprojekthi ezayo kuphela isibakala sokuba uMdali we-nil chil wil waqalisa umsebenzi kwimeko.
Ungcelele lwantlandlolo lubalisa ngomhloli oPhezulu uJohn Luther, osebenza kwiSebe lezobuso obunzima. Unezakhono ezibalaseleyo zomcuphi, kodwa kwangaxeshanye ngenxa yeengxaki zobomi bakhe kunye nendalo ebuntwaneni ityekele ekwenzeni amanyathelo angekho semthethweni.