Pretty funny that the success of Black Panther probably swayed the Bond producers to give Elba a shot because I came away from BP thinking this is why we *don’t* need a Black Bond. We can make our own heroes.
As I’ve said here before many times, Bond is not, in my view, a Black man. Some characters can be racebent. And some cannot. I don’t believe Bond can be anything but a white male as he is a thug for empire not just a handsome adventurer.
But I know y’all don’t give a shit about any of that, you just want Idris in a tux. I get it.
Of course, that complicates the casting of the Bond leading lady because I know much of Team Idris will pout if his Bond sails away with Rachel McAdams.
But hey, if they cast Elba, I’ll be there. He’s obviously a tremendous actor and would do something interesting.
But trying to emulate BP could be disastrous for Bond (even though clearly BP borrowed the syntax of Bond films) because Bond can never replicate the things that made BP really work: Wakanda, Shuri, Okoye, Nakia...
