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it has been leaked the next james bond will be a black man
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:09 pm
BY MATT MILLER
AUG 9, 2018
"there are a lot of actors who could play 007 once Daniel Craig retires from the role he despises: Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender (even though he's Irish), Tom Hiddleston (of Hiddleswift fame), David Oyelowo (who actually voices the character in the audiobooks). Hell, even controversially-mustached human man Henry Cavill thinks he has what it takes.
But there's only one actor who should be the next James Bond, and that's Idris Elba."
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a22685301/james-bond-producers-idris-elba/
AUG 9, 2018
"there are a lot of actors who could play 007 once Daniel Craig retires from the role he despises: Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender (even though he's Irish), Tom Hiddleston (of Hiddleswift fame), David Oyelowo (who actually voices the character in the audiobooks). Hell, even controversially-mustached human man Henry Cavill thinks he has what it takes.
But there's only one actor who should be the next James Bond, and that's Idris Elba."
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a22685301/james-bond-producers-idris-elba/
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 2:12 pm
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Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:11 pm to keakar
I like Idris Elba but if they don't stick to Fleming's description of Bond, I won't be watching it
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:15 pm to keakar
Why force a black man into the role? Especially Idris. He's 45 and Craig is 50.
Dont they usually try to get somebody who can stay in the role for 10+ years?
Gratned, this doesnt bother me nearly as much as them using Idris as Roland in the Gunslinger
I havent read any of the Bond novels, but I doubt his race affects the plot that much.
In the Dark Tower Series it does have an effect (of course the abortion that was the movie didnt really address any of it so that didnt matter)
Dont they usually try to get somebody who can stay in the role for 10+ years?
Gratned, this doesnt bother me nearly as much as them using Idris as Roland in the Gunslinger
I havent read any of the Bond novels, but I doubt his race affects the plot that much.
In the Dark Tower Series it does have an effect (of course the abortion that was the movie didnt really address any of it so that didnt matter)
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:53 pm to keakar
While we're at it, can we make Superman black? Will Idris be too busy playing Bond to do this?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:00 pm to keakar
Dwayne Johnson?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:07 pm to keakar
There's already another thread about this.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:16 pm to keakar
There was already a thread today on this topic, we need another one?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:16 pm to keakar
The triggering to follow will be quite funny
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:18 pm to keakar
I like Elba, and don't have a problem with picking him as the next Bond except for the fact that he is a little long in the tooth for that role. I would figure they would want to go younger.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:19 pm to keakar
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:59 pm to keakar
Why not a woman with purple hair?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 4:13 pm to keakar
Odd choice, especially when you have a younger incredibly established actor like Tom Hiddleston who is perfect for the role.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 5:15 pm to keakar
Lol at the bs
Posted on 8/10/18 at 5:29 pm to keakar
Who cares . . . ain't my dime.
The same thing that happened to Ghostbusters (and even SW) will happen again - people will either lose or not make as much money as they could have. People don't like major changes to beloved franchises. Period. It has been proved time and again.
We have a close exception - Ocean's 8 - it did fairly well but with reshoots and marketing cost, it didn't make nearly as much as it could have. And it doesn't really hold the same nostalgia as a long-standing franchise.
The same thing that happened to Ghostbusters (and even SW) will happen again - people will either lose or not make as much money as they could have. People don't like major changes to beloved franchises. Period. It has been proved time and again.
We have a close exception - Ocean's 8 - it did fairly well but with reshoots and marketing cost, it didn't make nearly as much as it could have. And it doesn't really hold the same nostalgia as a long-standing franchise.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 8:25 pm to keakar
Doesn’t bother me at all. It’s just a movie and I like Elba
Posted on 8/10/18 at 9:23 pm to keakar
Love Idris Elba, dude's a fantastic actor
Would watch
Would watch
Posted on 8/11/18 at 10:00 am to keakar
Three Stupidest Arguments People Have for the New James Bond
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This is a genuinely wild one - people who are trying to use the CANONICAL LORE of James Bond to poo-poo ANY kind of choice. For one, the Bond films have only the loosest sense of continuity and lore imaginable even within themselves. For one, if this is supposed to be the SAME INDIVIDUAL throughout the films, he's over 100 years old at this point. Even the idea that each Bond is a 'reboot' is questionable, since there's bizarre bits of continuity BETWEEN actors - like Roger Moore's Bond visiting the grave of his deceased wife (from the George Lazenby Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service) or the increasingly strange choice (but one I do like a lot) of having Judi Dench serve as M for both Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, with no real explanation as to what was happening. The point is - lore and continuity don't actually matter between these movies. It's all arbitrary. Get over it.
But to go back to THIS weird argument - James Bond being canonically Caucasian in the Ian Fleming novels. Well, if you're SO CONCERNED with how James Bond was portrayed in the novels, then you should also demand Bond:
Be a brutish, violent drunk (instead of a smooth cool operator)
Have a big scar on his cheek
Look "cruel" (a term repeatedly used to describe his looks)
Be a drug addict (he would abuse methamphetamines regularly)
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:08 pm to keakar
So they’ll shoeshorn a black actor in a role that wasn’t made for him, instead of finding the best actor.
Ask The Dark Tower how that worked.
Ask The Dark Tower how that worked.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 7:53 pm to keakar
But there's only one actor who should be the next James Bond, and that's Idris Elba."
Because it's time?
Nowadays that's usually the reason blacks are chosen for things they've never done before.
Because it's time.
Maybe Tom Hardy can play black panther in the next marvel movie. It's time.
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