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by **eltopo** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:03 am

this is just a rumor but Idris Elba (the Wire,Thor) may play James Bound ..ugh
http://www.wwtdd.com/2011/09/idris-elba-might-play-james-bond/

The next James Bond movie will almost certainly be the last with Daniel Craig in the title role, and already there’s talk as to who should replace him. And though it will probably never happen, one rumor has it going to the totally awesome Idris Elba.

CNN says…

As a strapping, dapper actor with an English accent, Idris Elba is an obvious choice to play James Bond. But the actor tells NPR that talk of him potentially landing the part is nothing more than gossip.
“It’s a rumor,” he said on “Morning Edition.” “It’s a very old rumor. My dad and I were talking about this the other day. I would do it, but I don’t want to be called the first black James Bond. Do you understand what I ‘m saying? Sean Connery wasn’t the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn’t the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don’t want to be called the black James Bond.”

If you can’t place the name, Idris was on ‘the Wire’, and was that gatekeeper god guy in ‘Thor’, and a bunch of other stuff. And he’s terrific in everything. I stil think Hugh Jackman is an obvious and very good fit but Idris would be great, and it would be a good way to incorporate the very cool theory that James Bond is not an actual person but a code name passed from spy to spy the same way “007″ is. If they added that it might help ease any racial stuff. They shouldn’t have him smoking Newports instead of Chesterfields, or ordering a purple drank shaken not stirred though, because that would be too much.

I don't care what anybody says Black James Bond is F'ing Stupid the idea that James bond is just a code name is stupid
not every white fictional character needs to be black!
did we learn nothing from the honeymooners?

..FTW

by **Timbales** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:06 am

I don't think that being white in intrinsic to the character.

by **HNutz** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:06 am

This is as good an idea as a white Shaft...

Ugh.

by **bkthomson** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:07 am

I think he wold play a pretty cool James Bond. I like it! Cast the man!

by **BlueStreak** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:07 am

Yeah, within movie continuity it's been pretty consistently shown that James Bond is one person and not a code-name.

This would be akin to replacing Black Heimdall with a white guy for the second movie.

by **outsider** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:10 am

He was awesome in Thor, but I can't remember him in The Losers (underwhelming movie anyway).

It depends on the actor more than the ethnicity. Donald Glover would have been an amazing Spider-Man (no pun intended) because he could have nailed the character's sense of humor.

by **bkthomson** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:39 am

cncoyle wrote:He was awesome in Thor, but I can't remember him in The Losers (underwhelming movie anyway).

It depends on the actor more than the ethnicity. Donald Glover would have been an amazing Spider-Man (no pun intended) because he could have nailed the character's sense of humor.

Another casting I would approve of.

by **Chesscub** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:40 am

It'd be a bold and interesting casting choice but I could see a lot of die hards going WTF?

by **eltopo** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:48 am

HNutz wrote:This is as good an idea as a white Shaft...

Ugh.

exactly

by **Spidey-Man** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:50 am

ridiculous

so was the jane bond (sharon stone) idea for 20 yrs ago.

let's make him gay too.

by **eltopo** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:51 am

Spidey-Man wrote:ridiculous

so was the jane bond (sharon stone) idea for 20 yrs ago.

let's make him gay too.

I've never heard of that ..that's a terrible idea

by **CountD** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:55 am

thought this franchise was dead

by **Spidey-Man** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:01 am

CountD wrote:thought this franchise was dead

legal problems fixed, craig's new and rumored last movie coming next yr

by **CountD** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:05 am

ah thx for the update.

lol, tho.

by **Timbales** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:06 am

In the novels, Bond's physical description has generally been consistent: slim build; a three-inch long, thin vertical scar on his right cheek; blue-grey eyes; a "cruel" mouth; short, black hair, a comma of which falls on his forehead.

There's only been 2 that fit that description, and one more than the other.