I Was Never In The Running To Play James Bond – Idris Elba

Hollywood actor Idris Elba has said that he was never in the running to play James Bond. He recently had his say during an interview with PEOPLE, and fans have been reacting.

Asked about how he felt when his name was thrown out as a potential star of the upcoming 007 reboot, Elba admitted that even if he was honoured at first, he started feeling disgusted when the conversations became centred on race.

Idris added that the racist reactions made the entire experience off-putting for him eventually.

His words, “My name’s not getting thrown out, no way. They’re going younger. And I wish them all the luck of the world. I can’t wait — it’s going to be amazing.

I’m honestly not in the race ever. I wasn’t in the race in the first place.

We’re all actors and we understand that that role is one of those sort of coveted types. It’s like being named Sexiest Man [Alive].

But being asked to be James Bond was like, ‘Okay, you’ve sort of reached the pinnacle,’

Essentially, it was a huge compliment that every corner of the world — except for some corners, which we will not talk about — were really happy about the idea that I could be considered. Those that weren’t happy about the idea made the whole thing disgusting and off-putting, because it became about race. It became about nonsense, and I got the brunt of it.”

WOW.

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