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Tom Hanks Wants Idris Elba to Play Next James Bond
Far Out Magazine ^ | TUE 9TH MAY 2023 | Thomas Leatham

Posted on 05/09/2023 6:35:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/09/2023 6:35:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

He could do it.


2 posted on 05/09/2023 6:37:18 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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Sorry, Tom, but you’re far from the first to suggest Idris.


3 posted on 05/09/2023 6:37:58 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: nickcarraway

Hanks is a little late to the show. Idris Elba has been floated as a replacement for Daniel Craig for quite a while now. I believe the man has said he’s not interested. I like Elba, wouldn’t mind seeing him as Bond. It might get me to go back to watching the series, but I could give two-shits what Hanks feels on the issue.


4 posted on 05/09/2023 6:38:18 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: nickcarraway

Hollywood ruined Ian Fleming’s conception of James Bond after the first two or three Connery films.

It has rapidly descended into a complete fiasco.


5 posted on 05/09/2023 6:40:28 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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He can change the colour of his skin?


6 posted on 05/09/2023 6:42:16 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Let us celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the dance of five mayonaisses.)
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To: nickcarraway

Yawn. How predictably woke.


7 posted on 05/09/2023 6:42:20 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jonty30

Lol. Of a fictional character? Sure. Why not?


8 posted on 05/09/2023 6:43:14 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: nickcarraway

They don’t want a Bond for one movie, so Elba isn’t a consideration.

They want a guy that can be around for at least 10 years.


9 posted on 05/09/2023 6:43:18 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Let us celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the dance of five mayonaisses.)
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To: nickcarraway

So Tom Hanks has his opinion. WGAF?


10 posted on 05/09/2023 6:43:28 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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It’s pretty insulting to believe blacks people cant have their own original characters.

They’re relegated by Hollywood whites to copies.


11 posted on 05/09/2023 6:43:35 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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Elba already said no. He said he is Luther full stop. Hanks is just virtue signaling his bonfides as an asskissing azzhole.

Henry Cavill would be great but film makers don’t like him because he likes to be true to the source material and that means they can’t make Bond a fag.


12 posted on 05/09/2023 6:43:47 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: nickcarraway

Too old.


13 posted on 05/09/2023 6:47:16 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: BrexitBen
I just rewatched the Craig Casino Royale this evening. I think it's the best of the Craig flicks FWIW. The Connery flicks peaked with Thunderball. In fact, it's been downhill ever since IMO. Never liked Roger Moore and his movies became almost comical. As for Elba, he may well could be great, but I think he's too old.
14 posted on 05/09/2023 6:47:26 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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To: nickcarraway

Tom Burke.


15 posted on 05/09/2023 6:48:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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It depends on which iteration of Bond you want to go with.
If you go with Fleming’s Bond, he has to be a white Englisman/Scotsman. He was written to be about a particular man in a particular era. Elba can’t be that Bond.

However, some have interpreted Bond to be a designation, where some who is hired as 006 has their identity hidden by the government. This Bond is replaceable. This Bond, Elba could play.


16 posted on 05/09/2023 6:48:13 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Let us celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the dance of five mayonaisses.)
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To: nickcarraway

No American is going to have a great amount of influence.
The author wrote his physical description for that role.
Anything straying from that would be yet another case of
what they call ‘Blackwashing’, where you take a well known ficticious character who has always been white, then suddenly flip the script, making him black so as to score PC points; as with The Little Mermaid.
Besides, two on the short list include Tom Hardy and Henry Cavill. Someone widely different just wouldn’t be Cricket.


17 posted on 05/09/2023 6:48:46 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Rummyfan

Tom wants to be the Pussy Galore.


18 posted on 05/09/2023 6:49:38 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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I don’t think I could care about anything less than who Tom Hanks wants to play the next James Bond.


19 posted on 05/09/2023 6:50:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Tom wants Pussy Galore played by Wilson.


20 posted on 05/09/2023 6:52:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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