re: James Bond Author Says Idris Elba is 'Too Street' to Play James Bond

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Then, you have to at least retcon some things to have a character thats been white for 50 years now be black. Whether you admit it or not, thats something you're going to have to acknowledge.

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Not really. You address it the same way you address that Bond looks like this:



In other words, you completely ignore that you have cast a new actor, and trust in the fact that everyone knows the character.



The same way they always have.

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Thanks for the honest intelligent response.

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I'm not overly emotional about this one way or another. I just think Elba is as "Bond Like" as anyone they have ever cast. It's the character and his traits that matter to me more than his looks.