Uchungechunge oluthi "Luther" lunenani elikhulu labalandeli emhlabeni jikelele. Ngesikhathi sesihlanu se-BBC One ngoJanuwari 2019, uchungechunge lwakhombisa isilinganiso esihle kakhulu phakathi kwazo zonke iziteshi ze-TV zaseBrithani. Futhi abalandeli kudala baphupha ngefilimu eligcwele ubude. Kubukeka sengathi amaphupho abo maduze afezeke. Ekhuluma ngesethulo somklomelo okhethekile we-Bafta, uMlingisi u-Idris Elba, umabi weneli we-Luther, uthe:
Ngathi kaningi ngithi ngithanda ukuguqula "uLuther" kwifilimu. Futhi bengihlala ngifuna iqembu lochungechunge. Futhi manje kwenzeka! Ngefomethi ephelele, sizoba namathuba angapheli, imigqa ye-plat izoba yisibindi, mhlawumbe sizothinta ngisho nasezingeni eliphansi lokuphenya. Kepha uJohane uLuther uzohlala yena uqobo.
U-Idris Elba unethemba lokuthi ifilimu lesikhathi esizayo lizofana nama-thriller adala anjengo-1995 futhi "futhi afike isicabucabu" 2001. Kepha kuze kube manje kuphela ngephrojekthi ezayo kuphela iqiniso lokuthi uMdali wochungechunge lwe-Nil Cross waqala ukusebenza esimweni.
Uchungechunge lwangempela luyatshela ngomhloli omkhulu uJohn Luther, osebenza eMnyangweni we-Heavy Serial Crimes. Unamakhono avelele womseshi, kepha ngasikhathi sinye ngenxa yezinkinga empilweni yomuntu siqu kanye nemvelo eyinkimbinkimbi uqobo ithambekele ekwenzeni izenzo ezingekho emthethweni.