The 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' star says on Twitter that he is flattered of being considered to be the next 007 agent.
- Dec 28, 2014
AceShowbiz - Idris Elba has heard that about James Bond rumors, which prompted Rush Limbaugh's criticism that the actor couldn't be the next James Bond because of his skin color. "Isn't 007 supposed to handsome? Glad you think I've got a shot! Happy New year people," Elba tweeted.
Limbaugh previously said, "James Bond was invented, created by Ian Fleming, a former spy, MI6, and James Bond is a total concept put together by Ian Fleming. He was white and Scottish, period. That is who James Bond is."
"But now Sony is suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Briton rather than a white from Scotland. But that's not who James Bond is, and I know it's racist to probably even point this out."
He continued, "We had 50 years of white Bonds because Bond is white. Bond was never black. Ian Fleming never created a black Brit to play James Bond. The character was always white. He was always Scottish. He always drank vodka shaken not stirred and all that."
