Current Events > Producers are 'leaning toward' Idris Elba as the next James Bond

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Jswift254
08/10/18 4:22:17 AM
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Trending on twitter

Surprisingly a lot of positive reactions from the news

link:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a22685301/james-bond-producers-idris-elba/
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Nazanir
08/10/18 4:22:56 AM
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Jswift254 posted...
Trending on twitter

Surprisingly a lot of positive reactions from the news

Why would anyone be negative about Idris Elba?
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EnragedSlith
08/10/18 4:23:31 AM
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Nazanir posted...
Jswift254 posted...
Trending on twitter

Surprisingly a lot of positive reactions from the news

Why would anyone be negative about Idris Elba?

Who knows, hes perfect for the role
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Jswift254
08/10/18 4:24:01 AM
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Nazanir posted...
Jswift254 posted...
Trending on twitter

Surprisingly a lot of positive reactions from the news

Why would anyone be negative about Idris Elba?

Because internet
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J-O-N-I-C-S
08/10/18 4:24:38 AM
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Great. The frigging Idris Elba running joke is about to become reality.
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l Dudeboy l
08/10/18 4:32:17 AM
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Pretty sure he's already said he wouldn't want to do it because he doesn't want to be Bond simply to be the first black Bond.

Maybe he'll change his mind with a big cheque.
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
08/10/18 4:32:33 AM
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He's too old and this shouldn't even be a conversation anymore.

As a huge Bond fan I'll refuse to watch.
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Phantom_Nook
08/10/18 4:37:45 AM
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Nazanir posted...
Jswift254 posted...
Trending on twitter

Surprisingly a lot of positive reactions from the news

Why would anyone be negative about Idris Elba?

Well, he's black, you see. And a black Bond would destroy the character because... look, a puppy!
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Irony
08/10/18 4:42:33 AM
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Might as well make a Jane Bond next
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CIA_Agent
08/10/18 4:44:59 AM
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...
He's too old


This, but he would have been great back in the Stringer Bell era
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lesidesi
08/10/18 4:47:19 AM
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what would make nerds more angry?
black male bond or white female bond?
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CIA_Agent
08/10/18 4:49:52 AM
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lesidesi posted...
white female bond?


this would ruin Bond forever...
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DavidWong
08/10/18 4:54:38 AM
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As long as Bond is British and suave as fuck it doesn't matter if he's black

It'd be way more of an outrage if an American was cast
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Polycosm
08/10/18 4:56:11 AM
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...
He's too old and this shouldn't even be a conversation anymore.

He'd be starting at an older age than any other Bond actor before him, but Connery stopped at 53, Moore at 57, Brosnan at 49, and Craig at 47. Elba could do Bond movies for the next decade and still not take the title of "oldest Bond."

Edit: actually, Moore first appeared as Bond at age 46, so Elba would maybe tie for the oldest starting age, depending on how long the film takes to produce.
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AvantgardeAClue
08/10/18 5:04:24 AM
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I like Idris but I'm sure this is less of "he's the best British actor to fit the role" and more "Well do you see any other middle aged British actors who fit the role and oh hay he's black isn't that something"

He already said he didn't want to be Bond for the wrong reasons anyway
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SaccharineSmile
08/10/18 5:05:33 AM
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Dunno they doing it because of public pressure and just to make everyone happy?

Even the next bond movie they are removing the entire Bond girl is just a sex object, better not do that no more

Feels like bond movies are now becoming a politically correct movie to not offend anyone
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Hicks233
08/10/18 5:16:11 AM
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If they want it to sell in Asia they won't.

They might just be stupid enough to try though.
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Bad_Mojo
08/10/18 5:26:45 AM
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Jswift254 posted...

Surprisingly a lot of positive reactions from the news


Well, he's amazing
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DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC
08/10/18 5:31:59 AM
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l Dudeboy l posted...
Pretty sure he's already said he wouldn't want to do it because he doesn't want to be Bond simply to be the first black Bond.

Maybe he'll change his mind with a big cheque.

I can see his point, but someone will have to be the first black Bond if they really do it.

But realistically, how long could he do it? 45 is a little old to start playing a role like that, I feel. Only Moore would have been older for his first movie (and even if they started filming tomorrow, Elba would almost certainly be older when it premiered), and the Bond series back then filmed hand-to-hand combat a lot differently.
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YUHH
08/10/18 5:34:36 AM
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Irony posted...
Might as well make a Jane Bond next

Atomic Blonde and its better
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stone
08/10/18 5:45:22 AM
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lesidesi posted...
what would make nerds more angry?
black male bond or white female bond?

Black female Bond
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catboy0_0
08/10/18 5:51:58 AM
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CAN THIS JUST FUCKlNG HAPPEN ALRIGHT JESUS CHRIST
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CIA_Agent
08/10/18 5:59:53 AM
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stone posted...
lesidesi posted...
what would make nerds more angry?
black male bond or white female bond?

Black female Bond


Amy Schumer Bond
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stone
08/10/18 6:02:51 AM
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CIA_Agent posted...
stone posted...
lesidesi posted...
what would make nerds more angry?
black male bond or white female bond?

Black female Bond


Amy Schumer Bond

We have a winner!
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Funbazooka
08/10/18 6:03:22 AM
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I'm against it on one hand but I like him as an actor so it's a wash for me.

A blackwash, one could say...

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JlM
08/10/18 6:56:16 AM
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Probably the only way I'd watch a Bond film. Unless Charlie Hunnam did one nude.
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AlisLandale
08/10/18 7:03:08 AM
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So are they rebooting the continuity again or...?

>~>
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Southernfatman
08/10/18 7:17:56 AM
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If they're going to continue using whatever hack writers they use, even Idris Elba isn't going to save a Bond movie.

The completely stupid "twist" in Spectre has really soured me on the future of the Bond series.
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1NfamousACE_2
08/10/18 7:19:24 AM
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Hollywood is not gonna make Bond black because they would lose some of the fanbase.
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Youngster_Joey_
08/10/18 7:20:38 AM
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I like Idris Elba, but no fucking thanks.

This just screams of desperation because the last couple Bond films have sucked tbqh.
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catboy0_0
08/10/18 7:21:24 AM
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...
I like Idris Elba, but no fucking thanks.

This just screams of desperation because the last couple Bond films have sucked tbqh.

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Youngster_Joey_
08/10/18 7:24:36 AM
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catboy0_0 posted...
Youngster_Joey_ posted...
I like Idris Elba, but no fucking thanks.

This just screams of desperation because the last couple Bond films have sucked tbqh.

spotted the "Proud Boy"


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Dat_Cracka_Jax
08/10/18 7:27:15 AM
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I don't really watch many james bond films, but idris is awesome and could pull it off easily
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Romulox28
08/10/18 7:28:42 AM
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ayo James Bond, where Wallace at?
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X-Pac_Heat
08/10/18 7:28:52 AM
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Honestly, unless they go back to the old style of Bond it's an easy pass for me. New Bond is boring as fuck and I don't think any one person can fix that.
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lilORANG
08/10/18 7:28:57 AM
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Nazanir posted...
Why would anyone be negative about Idris Elba?

He's old. Get a 30-something Bond.
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Iodine
08/10/18 7:32:42 AM
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Nazanir posted...
Jswift254 posted...
Trending on twitter

Surprisingly a lot of positive reactions from the news

Why would anyone be negative about Idris Elba?

lol? The outrage back in 2015 after sony executives talked about this in an email was massive.
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Southernfatman
08/10/18 7:33:27 AM
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Romulox28 posted...
ayo James Bond, where Wallace at?


*villain has Bond captured and at his mercy and goes into a long monologue about how he is going to kill him*

"Well get on with it motherf-"
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catboy0_0
08/10/18 7:42:24 AM
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if they devolve into "black humor" I'll puke
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au_gold
08/10/18 7:47:31 AM
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They need to go back to standalone movies.
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The Top Crusader
08/10/18 7:55:17 AM
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I like Idris Elba a lot so I wouldn't hate it, but yeah, I dunno it definitely would seem odd to change his skin color after all these years, but I don't see it as big of an issue as it would've been back in the 60's or 70's. As long as it has literally nothing to do with the movie's plot I don't really care that much. But if they decide to make a big point in the film and have his skin color play a major component in the plot I'd be annoyed.
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EffectAndCause
08/10/18 8:11:52 AM
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...
He's too old and this shouldn't even be a conversation anymore.

As a huge Bond fan I'll refuse to watch.


Roger Moore was old as fuck.
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Wutobliteration
08/10/18 8:16:20 AM
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CIA_Agent posted...
lesidesi posted...
white female bond?


this would ruin Bond forever...


hispanic transsexual Bond who is bisexual too
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catboy0_0
08/10/18 8:17:11 AM
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Wutobliteration posted...
CIA_Agent posted...
lesidesi posted...
white female bond?


this would ruin Bond forever...


hispanic transsexual Bond who is bisexual too

I'd ship it
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EffectAndCause
08/10/18 8:17:51 AM
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catboy0_0 posted...
if they devolve into "black humor" I'll puke


007, more like 000G!
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Paragon21XX
08/10/18 8:26:05 AM
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Canonically, the only way Idris Elba can play 007 is if James Bond were to die.
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catboy0_0
08/10/18 8:27:38 AM
#48:


Paragon21XX posted...
Canonically, the only way Idris Elba can play 007 is if James Bond were to die.

007 is a legend, not a man
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Corman321
08/10/18 8:30:23 AM
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I support a black Bond but it shouldn't be Idris, it should be a woman and also lesbian. This is insulting at this point tbh to pretend to be progressive but not go all the way with it. Or RuPaul could be really good in the role.
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Paragon21XX
08/10/18 8:31:31 AM
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catboy0_0 posted...
Paragon21XX posted...
Canonically, the only way Idris Elba can play 007 is if James Bond were to die.

007 is a legend, not a man

007 is just a number. James Bond is the legend.
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