Idris Elba
How do you fill the shoes of a Bond known for being a brutal rough and tumble? By getting a guy with bigger feet, bigger hands, bigger everything. Craig actually ranks as the shortest Bond ever, but even his predecessors pale in comparison to Idris Elba’s 6’2”, 215lbs frame. Of course, he’s got the facial features that make audiences quiver at the mere twitch of an eyebrow, but Elba’s physicality would extend the recent trend of Bond preferring to pack a punch, rather than a pistol.
Series producer Barbara Broccoli has reportedly already met with Elba concerning the future of 007, and while we don’t know what came out of that meeting, it’s good to know that the guiding hand in the franchises’ direction doesn’t see a problem in the next Bond being black. People got over the fact that Craig was blonde as Ursula Andress once they saw how good he was in the role, and it goes to show that the Bond identity has more to do with affects and attitude than a single consistent look.
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