Idris Elba let go of James Bond because everyone was gross about it
“The truth is, I was super complimented for a long time about this,” Elba said. “I was like, ‘This is crazy!’ James Bond…We’re all actors, and we understand that role. It’s one of those coveted [roles]. Being asked to be James Bond was like, ‘Ok, you’ve sort of reached the pinnacle.’ That’s one of those things the whole world has a vote in.”
Elba, who has long discussed the challenges of being a Black actor and how difficult it can be for people to see him as anything other than that, was at the center of a maelstrom that seemingly continued for a decade. Considering how long Daniel Craig has been threatening to ditch MI6, Elba’s name has bounced around fan castings and rumor mills,course, the backlash to the very idea of a Black James Bond overtook the conversation and quickly soured it.
His comments created controversy for Elba, who clarified on Twitter that he doesn’t want his personhood “defined by race.”“There isn’t a soul on this earth that can question whether I consider myself a BLACK MAN or not,” . “Being an ‘actor’ is a profession, like being an ‘architect,’ they are not defined by race. However, If you define your work by your race, that is your prerogative.This wouldn’t be the first time he expressed disappointment in the conversation surrounding his playing James Bond. In 2019,, “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.
For his part, Elba recognized early that this was a no-win scenario for him. “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.”
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