Idris Elba poses for a photo.Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty
The James Bond franchise producers are aware ofIdris Elbawhen it comes to the conversation of who will next play 007.
On Deadline’sCrew Callpodcastlast week, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson discussed Daniel Craig’s last outing as the famous spy in last year’sNo Time to Die. When asked if they’ve considered Elba, 49, to become the nextBond, Broccoli maintained they haven’t fully begun the process yet.
“Well, we know Idris, I’m friends with him and he’s a magnificent actor,” said Broccoli.
“You know, it’s been part of the conversation, but it’s always difficult to have the conversation when you have someone in the seat. I think we have decided that untilNo Time to Diehas kind of had its run and Daniel has been able to, well, we’ve all been able to, reap the benefits of Daniel’s wonderful tenure, we’re not gonna think about or talk about anybody else, actors to play the role or storylines or anything. We just wanna live in the moment, the present.”
Elba’s name has been bounced around as a future Bond for years now, including in 2014 when an email leaked from Sony Pictures executive Amy Pascal revealed her feeling that “Idris should be the next Bond.”
Daniel Craig as James Bond.MGM / Courtesy Everett Collection
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“You just get disheartened when you get people from a generational point of view going, ‘It can’t be.’ And it really turns out to be the color of my skin,” Elba toldVanity Fairin 2019 in response to the backlash. “And then if I get it and it didn’t work, or it did work, would it be because of the color of my skin? That’s a difficult position to put myself into when I don’t need to.”
source: people.com
