![]() ![]() The rumors came full circle when an email leaked containing conversations about the ‘next 007’. These clarifications follow a series of rumors which began once Craig announced his farewell from the role of 007. While It's a compliment, and it's an honor - but it's not a truth,” he also added before signing off. He even went on to clarify, “I can't speak for, but from my perspective, there's never been any sort of truth to any of it.” “We were all kind of laughing about the rumors because they are just that.” He started off by praising the work of his predecessors in James Bond films and admitted, “I love the Bond franchise,” and even though “I'm very close to the producers.” In terms of physicality and being able to move with the punches, you can imagine him handling a situation where things get dire or dangerous, then finishing it off with a smile or some wry, intelligent quip.There he addressed Daniel Craig’s exit and even broke silence on whether he’d been handled the helm. And that’s the sort of suave nature that Bond exudes, that confidence in any situation: strength, calm, and awareness. "There’s an ease when he walks into a room with which he handles himself. Regardless, that didn't stop No Time to Die's director, Cary Joji Fukunaga, from telling Lewis what he thought about the idea of Elba in the famous role. With Esquire's writer, Tim Lewis, writing that the Bond inquiry marked the "one moment in our interview when there’s a chill in the room (or rather, the Zoom), he really dislikes," maybe we should finally put this rumor to rest. You can respect Elba's reasoning here-why take on the role so many actors have stepped into over the years, when you've already made your name as an original hero, John Luther? Not to mention the effect of all the hatred the man has received over the years. Read our Oct/Nov cover story starring Idris Elba here. ![]() I’m old and ugly enough to know that they love you, then they hate you, then they love you again.” I don’t care I shouldn’t care about that. Elba fell silent for a moment, then continued, “If you get to a level like mine, I can’t sit here and worry about some dickhead who’s got a pseudonym writing, ‘Idris is Black, he shouldn’t play. . . But from another sect, there was like ‘Idris Elba’s a cunt, he’s disgusting, he’s not fucking James Bond, he’s never going to be James Bond.’ It was hatred,” he said. “From one perspective, hey, there’s a logic: He’s Norse he shouldn’t be played by a Black man. I’ve loved it.”Įlsewhere in the cover story, Elba addressed some of fans' racist reactions to the Bond rumors. It’s very absorbing, but I’ve liked bringing him to life every time. And I’ve never been more thankful for a character that keeps going. ![]() Me and Neil Cross really plowed our hearts into making John Luther. Not in terms of spy works or spying, but this is a character that fights evil and then will stop at nothing to do it. “ is my big character that lives in the same space as the Bournes, as the Bonds in the world. “I say this in jest, but this is my answer to Bond,” said Elba. (Of course, Elba didn't help when he tweeted in 2018, “My name’s Elba, Idris Elba,” which he later admitted was a joke.) After the premiere of No Time to Die, Elba told a reporter, “No, I’m not going to be James Bond.” Thankfully, in Esquire 's cover story featuring Elba, Elba added some context to why he's perfectly OK with not suiting up as the spy-hinting that his BBC crime drama, Luther, already fills the espionage-sized hole in his life. Cut to years of Idris Elba walking around with just about everyone in the James Bond fandom shouting over any and every message board whether or not the actor should follow Daniel Craig as 007. ![]()
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