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Idris Elba considered for James Bond
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He'd be a much better villain in a Bond film IMO.
I saw him play a villain in a recent 'B' movie (No Good Deed) and he was very good in it. He's also great when he flips out and loses it in Luther episodes.....hence my preference for him as a villain. He does disturbed well.
Interesting that Pascal said this. This should go some way to helping her after her comments the press misconstrued and made a big deal out of regarding Obama's favourite movies.
You only need to see his enthusiasm when we get to start of each film and the way he is promoting the film to know he loves being Bond, what he doesn't like is the attention from the press and people prying into his private life.
As for Elba as Bond, I like him as an actor but we'd definitely be talking reboot and a total overhaul of the character, you can't just say here's Bond but he's black and not explain it.
If it happens I reckon Brad Pitt should be the next Shaft!
How is this not news??? A major studio exec promotes his candidacy for Bond. The persons who make the decisions. Calley made the call on Brosnan being Bond at UA. Who died and made you king.
Our forum policy is not to promote the leaked emails and to discuss it only on the one thread.
Sorry you feel that way.
Not really a good comparison, as Shaft is defined largely by his blackness. I think Bond is defined more by his Britishness than his race. If you look at his biography there's no reason a black (or arab, or asian) British born person couldn't go to Cambridge, serve in the SAS and be recruited to SIS. That said, I don't see any good reason to change his race, it'd be a stunt. But if someone were clearly the best actor for the job it'd be a shame to see them denied it on that basis only.
But Elba is too old, so it's all irrelevant. If he were ten years younger I might be arguing passionately in his favor, but he's not.
I mean sure you can make a movie like that but come on, it makes no sense.
It's like casting James Franco in a Malcolm X movie.
No to black James Bond.
One of the daftest posts I've read in a long time.
Fleming created and wrote James Bond as a white man. I welcome Felix Leiter as a black man, M could be a black man, heck, Moneypenny is now black and I love her.
For one thing Daniel Craig is great for the role, he can do 3 or 4 more and it'll be great. If however, he were to leave, there are so many talented white actors to fill the role the producers don't have to look elsewhere. Tom Hiddleston and Michael Fassbender to name only just two would be tremendous choices.
Let James Bond stay a white man, please.
Hiddleston is not mentioned much. I think he would be great. As I've said elsewhere, I think anyone who plays Bond from now on needs to have an edge. Hiddleston certainly is edgy.
For the sake of political correctness, they'll give the role to an actor name Byung-Hunn Lee and after him to Irrfan Khan.
For God sake if it's not broken don't try to fix it.