Idris Elba too Street to play Bond

Idris Elba ‘too Street’ to play Bond

Idris Elba too Street to play Bond

Today in what the bloody hell are you going on about mate news, the headline I saw flashing on my phone read

“Idris Elba too Street to play Bond”

My first thoughts were ello ello gov’na, ere we go again with the 007 James Bond movie hype again. Lets face it the Bond franchise is dying and to revive it with Daniel Craig’s exit the next move must be very strategic, it just seems like all of this is too build publicity for the upcoming film. But it seems despite all the betting odds and the pundits “knowledge” it all boils down to that old chestnut for the next main character RACE.

Apparently this knobhead Anthony Horowitz has finally chimed in with his opinion on who should play the next 007, and as usual it’s nothing at all to do with his color ooooh no no no, he just thinks Idris despite the guy wetting more panties in recent times than Denzel Washington and Morris Chestnut combined, isn’t “suave” enough. Then further goes on to say “he’s too street“.
Well that just sounds like this modern politically correct rhetoric used these days, when some people refer to black folks on such news stations as Faux News as “Thugs” which apparently is the new “n-word”. Well honestly that’s just my opinion, who knows what is really rattling through that brain of Mr Horowitz. Is there a better British actor out there right now to play Bond, I don’t think so. I guess the stable of talent Guy Ritchie set free onto the world can be plucked again, But with Jason Statham having sewn up the Transporter franchise which seems to be having a “refueling” session for some reason, and 007 would never use the C-word, which lets face it rolls off his tongue with finest! Tom Hardy doing his thing with the Mad Max etc who else could there be hmmmmmm maybe Nicholas Hoult noooooo he’s too young of course. How about Benedict Cumberbatch, he’s a smarmy looking stiff upper lip sort, or better yet how about James McAvoy, although he looks as if he prefers his drinks from a can rather than shaken not stirred and he’s also busy with the Xmen role. Actually by George I’ve got it, I know how about Dev Patel….. oh wait my bad, he’s an ethnic also and the great bond cannot be confused with the Chicken tikka masala delivery boy.

I’m sure Sir Idris….. wait a sec, is he a sir yet? good question, he probably should be by now anyway, but I’m sure Idris Elba isn’t sweating this decision or news story one bit. I don’t know the man personally, I don’t even think he’s an Arsenal fan, but I am a fan of his work. Hopefully he never does another TP film. I think I vaguely remember him wanting to take a break from acting anyway to do his music thing. But I do want to close this blog post with this. If Idris Elba is to street to play 007 James Bond, than someone has to explain to me, this role he played back when this showed launched on Channel five the 30th March 1997, A very British soap opera called Family Affairs. his character Tim seen at the 4min mark was, well how do I put this, if he was street then Benjie also in the show was a terrorist!!

Here’s the link to the story.