Star of The Wire and Luther says playing 007 would be the pinnacle of an actor’s career, but the discussion became ‘off-putting’Idris Elba has said that the racist backlash to the prospect of him being cast as James Bond “made the whole thing disgusting and off-putting”.Elba was speaking on the SmartLess podcast about the continued speculation linking him to the role, saying: “I was super complimented for a long time about this.
We’re all actors and we understand that role is one of those coveted [roles] … Being asked to be James Bond [would be] like: ‘Ok, you’ve sort of reached the pinnacle’.
That’s one of those things the whole world has a vote in.”…
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