re: Rush Limbaugh doesn't want Idris Elba as Bond. ..

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Look, the inherent part of Bond is that he is British, as he works for British Intelligence. I, along with almost anyone else would oppose making Bond an American. That's the important part of Bond: he's British. Elba, being British, fits the "racial requirement" of the role. I'd oppose Will Smith, not because he's black, but because he's NOT BRITISH. I'd also oppose, say, Hugh Jackman. Who is Australian.

The whole point of John Shaft is that he is a blaxploitation character. He sort of has to be black, as that's a key identity of his character. Now, could the Danny Glover part in Lethal Weapon be played by a white guy, or an Asian dude, or shudder to think, a WOMAN, in a Lethal Weapon remake? Sure. It's not a key part of the character, as his ethnicity plays no real part in the role.

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