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Idris Elba: I'd consider playing James Bond (First Black James Bond)
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Posted on 09/29/2011 3:14:31 PM PDT by Perdogg
As a strapping, dapper actor with an English accent, Idris Elba is an obvious choice to play James Bond. But the actor tells NPR that talk of him potentially landing the part is nothing more than gossip.
"It's a rumor," he said on "Morning Edition." "It's a very old rumor. My dad and I were talking about this the other day. I would do it, but I don't want to be called the first black James Bond. Do you understand what I 'm saying? Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: agent007; bondjamesbond; how2killthefranchise
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:14:35 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: Perdogg
They already made his CIA counterpart Felix Leiter black.
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:15:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Perdogg
TTIWWP, but I bet he doesn’t look like Vladimir Putin, unlike some other “James Bond” we could mention ...
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:16:27 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Skip the election and let Thomas Sowell choose the next President.)
To: GSP.FAN; Guenevere; SJSAMPLE; Larry Lucido; fieldmarshaldj; Clemenza; Impy; archivist007; ...
I would not have any problem with as long as I get to be the first white guy to play “Shaft”
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:16:32 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Do I miss Bush? Hell, I miss Clinton.)
To: Perdogg
Will there be a white John Shaft? No, I didn’t think so.
To: Perdogg
Put bluntly, James Bond is white, so is Spiderman.
Character appropriate casting is important. I'm sure this guy is a good actor but he;s just not right for that particular role.
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:19:07 PM PDT
by
NakedRampage
(Fortis cadere, cedere non potest (A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield))
To: Perdogg
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:19:20 PM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: Reagan is King
Will there be a white John Shaft? They say he's a bad mother...
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:19:38 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
To: Perdogg
Maybe next year when Obama is looking for a job he could try out...
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:21:10 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: Perdogg
If your white you have already played the Shaft(ed) by you know who.
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:21:15 PM PDT
by
hflynn
To: Reagan is King
But I’m talking about Shaft.
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:21:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
To: Perdogg
That will be the first James Bond movie I have missed.
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:23:17 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Perdogg
It’s amazing how news sites have unlimited room to post stupid ads but they can’t be bothered to post a picture of the subject of their story.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:23:55 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Reagan is King
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:24:48 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Perdogg
If they were going to feature a black man as Bond or as a fellow agent, I would prefer Boris Kodjoe, who was on the NBC show Undercovers.
To: Perdogg
Why is he an obvious choice?
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:31:12 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
09/29/2011 3:32:04 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Do I miss Bush? Hell, I miss Clinton.)
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