Idris Elba Is ‘Too Street’ To Play 007, Says James Bond Author

[Dr. Narcisse]

fukk this dude and fukk Bond


sidenote: Although James Bond Jr. was my show growing up

 

[MartyMcFly]

@MartyMcFly a confirmed uncle tom after this comment surfaces we knew why you really didn't want him as Bond no surprise you're an Ian Flemming stan

edit: it's not ian flemming who the fukk is this, sorry brehs I'm stoned and drunk I need to go tbed

It's the current guy writing the books. Someone who once again I say "who the fukk is he and why do I care?"

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Tried to tell them breh..there's always something with Bond. Someone always has a beef with it. Whether it's casting an Irishman, or a Scotsman, or an Australian. Ian Fleming didn't want Connery anywhere near Bond because he said he was too much of a brute, and, funny enough, too street. He didn't like the fact that he came from a low class background but the ended up loving him in the role

He could have made his point better if he said he seemed like a Guy Ritchie hero. Him going to "street" showed a lack of self awareness and no fukks given.

So fukk em

Idris would be the closet to Connery in terms of style. However, if you prefer the Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan type.....

 

[MartyMcFly]

He could have made his point better if he said he seemed like a Guy Ritchie hero. Him going to "street" showed a lack of self awareness and no fukks given.

So fukk em

Idris would be the closet to Connery in terms of style. However, if you prefer the Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan type.....

Well he said he was thinking of him as Luther but whatever. Like I said he's an author of a book and has nothing to do with what happens on film so this is much ado about nothing. Craig has been the closest to Connery to me at least early Connery. Pre goldfinger Connery

 

[Box Cutta]

Yall strive for white acceptance. Like they cant create their own Bond type movie

I actually agree with this.

Honestly...espionage movies aren't particularly sophisticated endeavors.

We should be striving to create our own mythologies...fukk'a Bond....

I would love to see a movie dealing with say, CIA involvement in an African country.

And this ain't some "he shouldn't be black, because he's white in the books" dorky shyt. I don't give a fukk about that or the character, and if we "stole" Bond I would be happy. But the more efficient thing to do would be to create our own.

While we're out here complaining...white folks will just create another franchise.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

He's right, i mean this isnt Jamarcus Bond, this is James. We arent in Detroit or something

I'd honestly watch Jamarcus Bond before James Bond...and the sexy secretary Dollafold

 

[BlackMajik]

I actually agree with this.

Honestly...espionage movies aren't particularly sophisticated endeavors.

We should be striving to create our own mythologies...fukk'a Bond....

I would love to see a movie dealing with say, CIA involvement in an African country.

And this ain't some "he shouldn't be black, because he's white in the books" dorky shyt. I don't give a fukk about that or the character, and if we "stole" Bond I would be happy. But the more efficient thing to do would be to create our own.

While we're out here complaining...white folks will just create another franchise.

^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[MajorVitaman]

If you think these white folks are gonna let a Naga play an MI6 agent (British version of CIA or KGB), you are gonna be sadly mistaken lol.

This is why we need our own movies, why not make OUR OWN movie about a Capoeirista or about a Haitian warrior? Why would we wanna play an MI6 agent? You know how many MI6 agents the queen of England has used to kill nikkas world wide????

 

[NobodyReally]

 

[Jello Biafra]

Sean Connery is a G though.



Fred.

I loved how Walters thought she had a true gotcha moment and Connery was like, "A chick deserves a smack then she'll get a smack...don't push ya luck, Barbara".

 

[MartyMcFly]

I loved how Walters thought she had a true gotcha moment and Connery was like, "A chick deserves a smack then she'll get a smack...don't push ya luck, Barbara".

Yeah and i like Connery and all but smacking a woman doesn't make him a G..at all.

 

[thekidvoodoo]

Peep the footwork.
"Idris Elba (most known for playing an entirely stereotype breaking "street" character and being a suave lead) is just too street."



(shyt, I'm fukked. Better think fast...)

"Now this guy (insert funny looking black guy with 0% chance of ever being considered to show you're not racist), he could play James Bond, it's not a colour thing."

 

[MartyMcFly]

I just peeped something, just for the sake of variety, but in the full interview, he says that Adrian Lester, the cat from that show Hustle that used to come on AMC, would be the guy he'd pick to replace Daniel

That guy. so Whomever in here said it's not a race thing and really is a class thing that apparently some British cats have, he was right

 

[Neil Tyson]

I just peeped something, just for the sake of variety, but in the full interview, he says that Adrian Lester, the cat from that show Hustle that used to come on AMC, would be the guy he'd pick to replace Daniel

That guy. so Whomever in here said it's not a race thing and really is a class thing that apparently some British cats have, he was right

Nah Idris Elba has the ruggedness that Connery has. That nikka too clean cut.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Nah Idris Elba has the ruggedness that Connery has. That nikka too clean cut.

I agree. But once again that gets back to my earlier point I made where Ian Flemming didn't want Connery to play Bond because he was too low class and too street level; he felt Bond should be more clean cut and refined. The studios first choice was Cary Grant so that's the direction they wanted to go. Eventually he grew to love Sean but it took a while. It's the same reason some people love Roger Moore because he's clean cut and looks very much like an aristocrat but that's not how I like my Bond so he's meh to me.

The reason I posted it though is because everyone's running to the hills shouting that this cat is a racist and ready to crucify him without actually reading the article. No wants to read anymore, it's just a contest to see who can be outraged the quickest, the loudest, and the best. They asked him who should replace Craig and he suggests one black actor over another but no one talks about the one black actor he pulled out of his hat, a guy not on anyone's radar. Or the fact that his first choice to replace Craig is a black guy. Why let the truth get in the way of a good story? And this isn't even about him as much as it's about our culture now where we do not pay attention to any detail or even bother reading anything. We take headlines, take pull quotes, and go with that rather than actually reading articles and it just seems like the more connected we get, the better technology gets and the more knowledge and information we have at our fingertips, the lazier and dumber we get