Move over Daniel Craig: Idris Elba dreams of being the next Bond
BACK on British screens in the latest instalment of hit BBC crime series Luther, dashing actor Idris Elba makes little secret of his desire to succeed Daniel Craig as James Bond.
Having been frequently touted as potentially the first black actor to play 007 the 40-year-old tells Woman magazine: “I’d be screaming from the rooftops if I got the James Bond part but it’s just a rumour.”
Elba, who is half Sierra Leonean, half Ghanaian adds: “Bond author Ian Fleming lived in Jamaica. Interesting to think what he would have made of a black actor as Bond."