Idris Elba rumored to be next Bond

HIMBOB said:
Who the fuck is that guy?

Seriously, should I know him?
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I guess he's best known as Stringer in The Wire. He's a suave mofo. He can play an unhinged badass as well though
 
I don't see why they don't make him another MI6 agent, separate from Bond, and then if it takes off they can do some buddy cop drama thing down the line. White guys and black guys spying together, mass hysteria
 
Victor Maitland said:
The guy who wrote the Bond story would have picked someone from Sierra Leone to be Bond.

is the next "shaft" movie going to be a white guy?
oh no , cultural appropriation only works one way in Hollywood .
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oh, like when they remake Asian movies and recast it with all white actors?
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Hollywood in general is OVERWHELMINGLY white (much more so than national demographics):
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/damning-study-finds-a-whitewashed-hollywood/

And then when a few characters are changed in the other direction, triggered identity politics obsessed racists throw a fit! It's mindboggling how sensitive they are.
 
elreece said:
O yes a black guy exactly what I think of when someone says James Bond.

Fucking PC bullshit.
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You took Jesus Christ and turned him into a white man.
Jesus didn't go to Woodstock.
Fuck your PC bullshit.
 
GtehMVP said:
I'm a huge Elba fan, he'd make a great agent, but I'd rather they make him a 00-something else. Bond has always been a white guy. Bond has grown a bit stale, so I'd like to see them put a different agent in the spotlight, maybe a duo with Craig as Bond, then do a spin off. Making Bond black is only going to cause controversy, can't you already see the "racist toxic fandom strikes again" headlines?
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This is probably the best idea.
Introduce him in the next Bond and then do a spinoff with a Black Bond essentially.
 
Victor Maitland said:
The guy who wrote the Bond story would have picked someone from Sierra Leone to be Bond.

is the next "shaft" movie going to be a white guy?
oh no , cultural appropriation only works one way in Hollywood .
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I can guarantee you that most black folks wouldn't care about that.
 
Arguments of “that’s not what I think of when I think of Bond” or “this is just them being PC” or whatever don’t hold water imo. The current run with Bond builds him up as an Oxford or Cambridge boy that never fit in. Sure, he liked some of the swag but it was never him. He was out of place.
A black Bond fits a similar narrative just fine.

Question of effectiveness of a black man going to predominantly white places to fit in? That’s a legit question. Suspending that kind of belief is tough for me if only because it’s an obvious reality that they wouldn’t address in the film.

I wondered about Cavill for awhile, but after Superman and the like, I don’t think he can bring the dramatic weight. Tom H could, but they seem to like the idea of a larger, bulkier dude. Something about his presence doesn’t sell me. Craig is a good rendition of Bond...perhaps he’s chiseled into my imagination what Bond is.
 
ssBaldy said:
Nah, you are wrong here. A well established made-up character with a 50 year story is a different case.
Also trying to use an established name but to adress new demographics and please SJWs in one turn is pretty damn disgusting.
Elba is a good, charismatic actor, write a new interesting part for him, why use Bond name?
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Most of the world has no idea what a SJW is, and I don't think anyone is trying to please them.
I think people see someone they think would make an interesting Bond and that is different.
 
Stunt casting doesn't fall into the realm of SJW. This isn't for the sake of diversity, and Bond's race doesn't really bother anyone as much as does his perceived regard for women,which is being tackled by Danny Boyle so you can sharpen your swords there.
 
Idris is too old. I would have gone with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Heahmund from Vikings, but he is too old not too.

They probably going to find an unknown young brit to do it.
 
I think he'd be a great Bond, but he's 46 next month. When Craig is done next year, that means it could be 2022 when the first Elba Bond comes out, and he'll be 50.
 
Yay diversity! Let's give roles to the most over represented group in media! Who needs Asian-American, Latin-Americans, Arab-Americans?
 
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