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re: James Bond boss says 'door open' to black 007 with Idris Elba frontrunner
Posted on 8/10/18 at 11:36 am to Adajax
Posted on 8/10/18 at 11:36 am to Adajax
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Wouldn't this be an example of cultural appropriation? Are they going to cast Kate Winslet in the next Rosa Parks biopic? But I do like Elba as an actor.
When did Rosa Parks become a fictional character?
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Posted on 8/10/18 at 11:47 am to Rep520
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Well, that right there is good evidence that Bond can be shaped to available talent.
Sure...so long as it's shaped by the character's creator. But he's no longer with us so I'm afraid that isn't possible.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 11:55 am to RollTide1987
I really hope Idris gets it. He is a fantastic actor and could carry it off. Plus, trumptards would melt over it and it would be hysterical.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:01 pm to RollTide1987
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He's also a few years away from being a senior citizen
From 65?
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:01 pm to brian_wilson
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He is a fantastic actor
Agreed.
But he's too old.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:04 pm to RollTide1987
In fact, Idris Elba came out two years ago AGAINST playing Bond due to his age:
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Idris Elba has dismissed speculation that he will play James Bond - but not because of his race.
The actor said that was actually his age that prevented him from playing 007.
Mr Elba, 43, said he was "too old for that" and said that it would be inappropriate for him to be going after women like Bond does.
He also said that he would not look good doing car chases because of his advancing years - and did not want to drink martinis on screen.
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Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:07 pm to RollTide1987
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and did not want to drink martinis on screen
This should be enough right here
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:07 pm to brian_wilson
I remember when Daniel Craig was cast as Bond all of the Bond fanboys lost their shite because he had blonde hair. Part of me wants to see what happens when those same fanboys find out a black guy is playing Bond.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:09 pm to brian_wilson
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I really hope Idris gets it. He is a fantastic actor and could carry it off. Plus, trumptards would melt over it and it would be hysterical.
It sounds like you want him to get it more based on his skin color and your mental construct of it pissing off a certain group in your mind rather than just making a good movie
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:09 pm to RollTide1987
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And besides, as a previous poster has said, James Bond is not a title. He's a white man from Scotland. 007 is his code name.
Lol. James Bond is like Mad Max. Before Craig, continuity didn’t mean shite in these movies. Besides references to his dead wife and Blofeld, most of the films were self contained stories and it sometimes nearly reset with each Bond that was cast except when Moore Bond film referenced the marriage Lazenby Bond had.
Elba would be fine as Bond, they just need to start filming it sooner rather than later.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:12 pm to Parmen
Am I the only one who missed the deadline wife reference in the Craig films? When did they talk about it?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:22 pm to Parmen
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Before Craig, continuity didn’t mean shite in these movies.
From Russia With Love was a direct sequel to Dr. No and Diamonds Are Forever was a direct sequel to On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
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sometimes nearly reset with each Bond that was cast except when Moore Bond film referenced the marriage Lazenby Bond had
There were two references to Bond's previous marriage in the Moore era: One in The Spy Who Loved Me when Agent XXX mentions it while reciting Bond's bio and another in For Your Eyes Only when he actually visits Tracy's grave.
There was also a reference to Bond's marriage in License to Kill when Felix Leiter tells his new wife that Timothy Dalton's Bond had been married once.
And then in The World is Not Enough, Elektra King asks Pierce Brosnan's Bond if he ever lost a loved one. Bond hesitates for a moment and then brushes off the question.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:23 pm to CU_Tigers4life
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It sounds like you want him to get it more based on his skin color and your mental construct of it pissing off a certain group in your mind rather than just making a good movie
It sounds like you can't read. Idris would be a great choice regardless of skin color. As an added bonus, a bunch of white national frickoffs would get all pissy about it. And it would be fun to laugh at them.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:36 pm to red_giraffe
There’s only one film that literally has him visiting the grave. Everything else is just an Easter egg reference.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 1:03 pm to RLDSC FAN
Actually would be about this. Not because "its time" or some other bullshite affirmative action reason progressives will use to virtue signal over this film. Idris Elba is a great actor and I think he could pull off the role pretty well. Shame if it happens the media will completely overlook his talent and focus solely on him being "Black Bond", I think he deserves more credit than that.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 1:20 pm to DrunkerThanThou
I am all for him getting the part he would make a great bond but I did just see a recent picture of him and he looks like he is every bit of his age.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 1:28 pm to brian_wilson
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As an added bonus, a bunch of white national frickoffs would get all pissy about it. And it would be fun to laugh at them.
I rest my case...
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:05 pm to RollTide1987
Roger Moore was 57 years old when he made A View to a Kill.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:08 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Roger Moore was 57 years old when he made A View to a Kill.
And that was his last James Bond film. He almost didn't make A View to a Kill because HE thought HE was too old for the role. Idris Elba will be 50 making his first Bond movie. A View to a Kill was Moore's seventh.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:20 pm to RollTide1987
Well yeah 50 is too old and doesn't even make sense.
In the books, mandatory retirement from the 00 section is 45.
Bond is 37 years old in the books.
45 retirement as an agent seems quite young by today's standards.
So the 00 section is supposed to be young bucks which is why he's also such a Playboy.
In the books, mandatory retirement from the 00 section is 45.
Bond is 37 years old in the books.
45 retirement as an agent seems quite young by today's standards.
So the 00 section is supposed to be young bucks which is why he's also such a Playboy.
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 3:21 pm
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