Idris Elba: The First Black James Bond???

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  • Idris Elba: The First Black James Bond???

    There's been much discussion lately about Idris Alba being cast as the next Bond.

    http://entertainment.time.com/2012/1...xt-james-bond/

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    Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

    Sigh . . .

    Face it. There will never be another George Lazenby.

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    • #3
      Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

      Please don't do this.

      He'll be blamed for ruining the franchise when the more conservative types choose to stop participating.

      They'll try and forget that some others before him in that role weren't that hot either, even when the more conservative types were still participating.

      He's a talented guy, create a new franchise for him.
      I said a bad word...new.

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      • #4
        Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

        Don't count on it.

        I suspect the next Bond will be Michael Fessbender.
        It's the eye of the Tiger, it's the thrill of the fight

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        • #5
          Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

          I don't know...personally I'm not a big fan of it (same reason I'm not a fan of Jamie Foxx as Electro). The character was written, described, and (and in the case of Electro) drawn as a white character. Elba is a good actor, but I just don't think it makes sense. If Luke Cage or Blade were cast as a white actor, there would be an uproar.

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            Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

            I think he'd be awesome.

            What they need to do is have a movie that explains the 007 designation and James Bond moniker are handed down... then team up Sean Connery, Pierce Brsonan, Daniel Craig, and Idris to hand it over.

            Shit would be nuts.

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            • #7
              Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

              I wouldn't have a problem with it -- the guy's awesome -- but I suspect if Broccoli / Wilson ever did cast an African-American as Bond, they would do it at a time when they deem it necessary to reboot the franchise, a la CASINO ROYALE.

              With SKYFALL opening huge overseas and likely to do the same domestically, don't see that happening any time soon.

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                Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

                Originally posted by CthulhuRises View Post
                I don't know...personally I'm not a big fan of it (same reason I'm not a fan of Jamie Foxx as Electro). The character was written, described, and (and in the case of Electro) drawn as a white character. Elba is a good actor, but I just don't think it makes sense. If Luke Cage or Blade were cast as a white actor, there would be an uproar.
                Exactly.

                I don't see why they have to specifically change an established character. Why not simply create a new black secret agent for Idris Alba?

                In the comics world, they never made Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) black. Rather, they introduced a new Green Lantern, John Stewart, who was black.

                It could be another agent who works in MI6, perhaps even another double-0. It could start a second franchise to dovetail with the 007 franchise.

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                • #9
                  Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

                  His last name is Elba, not Alba. But whether or not it's him, I like the idea of having a black actor play a Bond-like character, maybe as a different agent - 005 or 008, or whatever. Everything could essentially be the same, but better. I've never been on board with the actors they cast as Bond anyway.
                  "The Hollywood film business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." Hunter S Thompson

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                    Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

                    Originally posted by CthulhuRises View Post
                    I don't know...personally I'm not a big fan of it (same reason I'm not a fan of Jamie Foxx as Electro). The character was written, described, and (and in the case of Electro) drawn as a white character. Elba is a good actor, but I just don't think it makes sense. If Luke Cage or Blade were cast as a white actor, there would be an uproar.
                    Like Dragonball Z, Akira and all the other non-white characters that were whitewashed?

                    Plus there are hundreds of white characters while the amount of colored characters are limited so the impact of choosing a white actor would be a lot different.

                    I personally don't agree with casting him as James Bond though.

                    But I also didn't agree with Daniel Craig playing him.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

                      Originally posted by Chief View Post
                      Like Dragonball Z, Akira and all the other non-white characters that were whitewashed?

                      Plus there are hundreds of white characters while the amount of colored characters are limited so the impact of choosing a white actor would be a lot different.

                      I personally don't agree with casting him as James Bond though.

                      But I also didn't agree with Daniel Craig playing him.

                      Uhh...yes, you proved my point exactly. People *were* in an uproar over those films and the alleged "whitewashing." Sometimes a character's race is irrelevant, but in the case of Bond, he's based on a specific character which Flemming wrote, and is undeniably written and described as a white person.

                      Start another spy franchise with Elba...or cast him as another agent in the Bond universe...but it doesn't make sense for him to be James Bond.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

                        So much dumb sh!t said on this thread in so short a time.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

                          Originally posted by BattleDolphinZero View Post
                          So much dumb sh!t said on this thread in so short a time.
                          So true. It only took you...what, 10 seconds?

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                          • #14
                            Re: Idris Alba: The First Black James Bond???

                            Originally posted by Chief View Post
                            Like Dragonball Z, Akira and all the other non-white characters that were whitewashed?

                            Plus there are hundreds of white characters while the amount of colored characters are limited so the impact of choosing a white actor would be a lot different.

                            I personally don't agree with casting him as James Bond though.

                            But I also didn't agree with Daniel Craig playing him.

                            I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt or hope you are not American. But did you really just use the word COLORED to describe African Americans in 2012? SMFH....

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                            • #15
                              Re: Idris Elba: The First Black James Bond???

                              Idris Elba would be awesome. He's going to be huge after Pacific Rim next year, then again he's already known quite well as Stringer Bell...

                              I also think he would have made one hell of an Alex Cross.
                              "Write every day. Don't quit. The rest is all bullshit." - Brian Koppelman

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