For a while, Idris Elba was one of the hottest tickets in the competition to become the new face of the James Bond movies. Eventually though, Elba took himself out of the running, opting instead to focus on other pursuits. Of course, when you’re connected to the role of 007 in any capacity, that chatter is hard to shake the longer it runs. Which prompted the Luther star to get honest about how those casting rumors started to wear thin over time.
Appearing on the Smartless podcast to promote his new Apple TV+ series Hijack, Idris Elba laid out his experiences with being rumored to become the next 007 in sharp detail. Starting off with why it was all such a compliment in the first place, the man also known as “Big Driis” painted this very familiar picture:
