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With the exception of Will Smith, movies with black lead do not perform well at the international box office. {nm}
New Bond Rumors re: Idris Elba [IELBA] Sep 29, 13:43
Random British actors being asked if they wanted to play James Bond and them being into the idea is not news. {nm} Sep 29, 17:14
FWIW though I'd go see Idris as Bond, although I've not cared about this franchise for many years {nm} Oct 01, 20:35
I saw him with Waldo. Anyone seen Waldo? {nm} Oct 01, 02:38
Elba as Bond...you've got to be kidding?! {nm} Sep 30, 09:29
Elba as a Norse god... you've got to be kidding?! {nm} Sep 30, 10:11
Can we get a asian Bart Simpson? Lets make Shaft French too. This is a stupid rumour. Oct 01, 12:39
well this isn't as extreme as those...Idris is British {nm} Oct 01, 15:59
Brosnan is Irish. Lazenby is Australian. {nm} Oct 02, 10:10
Anyone cast as a Norse God shouldbe forced to speak in ancient (um) 'Norse'. Otherwise, no gig for anyone. Oct 01, 20:33
ticket buyers had no problem with M becoming a woman, Felix becoming African-American and Bond going blond {nm} Oct 02, 07:56
With the exception of Will Smith, movies with black lead do not perform well at the international box office. Oct 02, 10:15
that's true...if this does happen someday, Idris's performance would have to be awesome to win over skeptics {nm} Oct 02, 14:20
That's totally a self-fulfilling prophecy that would lead 99% of the time to a ) black people not getting cast in Oct 02, 16:57
Thanks for the link - interesting article {nm} Oct 03, 00:54
...which shows that he knows he has to be 5 x more bankable than someone else just to get an equal amount of Oct 03, 07:59
that is a good article. the guy sound slike he should be running a studio {nm} Oct 03, 08:05
It's already true today with stars like DWASH, TPERR...etc. {nm} Oct 03, 09:55