The “who’s the next James Bond” conversation has been going on for a while now, and it feels like we aren’t getting any closer to crowning a successor. Near the end of Daniel Craig’s tenure in the franchise, speculation ramped up, and it only increased after he said goodbye to the series But, even years before that, fans were throwing out names for potential successors, including Idris Elba's. Despite that, I've long wondered if Elba was truly in the mix for the 007 gig, and he recently revealed whether or not he was in the conversation to begin with.
While speaking with People, Elba opened up about this long-held rumor that associated him with the James Bond film franchise. Even though he was constantly asked about Bond by fans, and his name showed up in listicles for over a decade, Elba shared a take on the speculation that honestly surprised me. He explained:
