[YourMadGesty]

I don't see why not.

Even though he isn't my cup of tea, if Idris is the only right person for the role, then it wouldn't be a bad thing. I don't think people are going to the movie theaters just to see a white Jame Bond. As long as the acting and action holds up, people will look pass it. And if they do have a problem with it, then it only has something to do with their internalized racist attitude towards others. James Bond is a fictional character after all; he can be canonized and re-imagined into modern day.

[FAME.]

Originally posted by Cas

I agree that if an actor fits the role perfectly, then he should get it. However, there are characters that ate race specific, such as Harry Potter for example.

So are Aang and Katara from Avatar...and they were portrayed by two white actors

[Wonda]

Originally posted by FAME.

So are Aang and Katara from Avatar...and they were portrayed by two white actors

& it was critically panned

[Rihhyonce]

Originally posted by brIt-()nstar

I'm an asian you dim wit. Filipino to be exact, a product of spanish slavery. Yeah a racist mindset.

No I don't care if Idris Elba would be cast as James Bond, I'm only here to post my opinion on why it would be a pretty bad business decision to cast a black James Bond based on reality and the majority of the fanbase and their expectations.

I mean who cares if James Bond flopped because they casted Idris Elba. It would be pretty good if he succeeded in doing it tbh. That would be monumental. Would be even ****ing cooler if they casted an Asian James Bond and succeeded in doing so. But hey I'm an internet armchair economy analyst not a mother****ing black hater. Get iit now, kid.

Chill.

[Lose My Breath]

Originally posted by XIAN

can't wait to see how white america justifies this

It's Rush Limbaugh... You don't have to say anything more

[Girlicious]

Originally posted by A Little Unruly

I don't give a **** about Bond movies (never seen one) and I do agree that non-white actors should be used a lot more frequently (especially if the character's race isn't significant for the role), but to me it sounds like a stupid af idea to randomly make a character black that's been white for over 50 years.

this

[Zoraluv]

Originally posted by Cas

And why should Bond be black?

Why not? It's not like white people havent been casted for poc roles in film so I mean....

[Bmezy]

Originally posted by Rihhyonce

Chill.

Most fictional characters have physical traits that really define them for the readers. Rarely if ever do writers really expound on "skin" color. It's all about those distinctive traits that defines them, their motives, their personality etc etc

examples:

"his wicked crooked smile"
"dark gray menacing eyes..Ice cold stare"
"big warm almost eyes. piecing into my soul"
"bouncy curly blonde locks"
"smile hot enough to melt the sun"
"still calmness"

If Halloween was a narrative novel, Michael's skin color wold have been almost irrelevant (if not for the emphasis of his surburbia 1980s lifestyle or his portrayal of a white man in the movies)
"I met this six year old child with this blank, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes; the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply evil." - The traits that describe him as a character isn't reliant on his skin pigmentation.


..sorry that was supposed to be sent to you lol

[Callisto.]

Originally posted by Mannequin.Dummy

Exactly!

Belle looked boring as ****, and the previews for Beyond the Lights didn't strike my interests at all.

Not too much

Belle >>>>

She read those racist **** for fILTH

[Inverted]

Originally posted by FAME.

Nobody is saying he should. But that shouldn't be a reason why Idris can't play him. He is a very capable actor. And that hasn't stopped Hollywood from casting white people in traditionally, black, asian, arab, non white roles a thousand times over.

Unless they're mixed, Arabs tend to be white, so casting European actors as Arabs isn't problematic. Tony Shahloub, the star of Monk, is Arab (Lebanese). No one considers him anything other than white and he plays white characters. The only issue Hollywood has with Arab or Middle Eastern roles is their bad habit of casting South Asians in those roles. Practically every Arab role on TV is played by an Indian even though they don't look the part at all (see Lost, Community, etc).

Hollywood is most likely to take Asian characters and cast non-Asian actors for the role and it's not just white actors. The real life story behind 21 was completely changed to make the main characters white, and in The Lovely Bones, the Indian character was cast with a mixed race black actor. They were even going to cast Halle Berry as an Indian-American layer before the movie got canceled.

[BlueTimberwolf]

Originally posted by Inverted

Unless they're mixed, Arabs tend to be white, so casting European actors as Arabs isn't problematic. Tony Shahloub, the star of Monk, is Arab (Lebanese). No one considers him anything other than white and he plays white characters. The only issue Hollywood has with Arab or Middle Eastern roles is their bad habit of casting South Asians in those roles. Practically every Arab role on TV is played by an Indian even though they don't look the part at all (see Lost, Community, etc).

Hollywood is most likely to take Asian characters and cast non-Asian actors for the role and it's not just white actors. The real life story behind 21 was completely changed to make the main characters white, and in The Lovely Bones, the Indian character was cast with a mixed race black actor. They were even going to cast Halle Berry as an Indian-American layer before the movie got canceled.

Arabs tend to be white? Since when? Even if, they aren't the same white as someone form the UK.

Arabs are closer to the South Asians than UK whites.

[Mike91]

Good. If he hates it, it makes me want it to happen even more.

[Phoenetic]

Originally posted by A Little Unruly

I don't give a **** about Bond movies (never seen one) and I do agree that non-white actors should be used a lot more frequently (especially if the character's race isn't significant for the role), but to me it sounds like a stupid af idea to randomly make a character black that's been white for over 50 years.

I agree. Tons of people already complained when Craig became the new Bond, because he is blonde and every James Bond before Craig had dark hair.

I personally probably wouldn't care all that much if a next Bond was black, but I see why others wouldn't agree with it. For the same reasons people didn't agree with a blonde James Bond. James Bond has built up a certain appearance/image.

The fact that Egyptians/Asians are often played by white people is strange to me and I see why some could be offended by this, but it's not the same. James Bond is already a settled franchise with a certain image.

[Georges]

Bond will never be black because WW audiences are racist and Bond movies also focus on WW.

[Georges]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

Aside from Idris being black, I don't see what else would hold him back. He has the charm, looks and British accent. So, it all boils down to race. Funny how Angelina got away with playing a bi-racial woman, when you have Halle Berry, Paula Patton and other bi-racial women who could have played that role.

It all boils down to business. The industry as a whole is not racist per se, but the international audience is.

[Roman Holiday]

He'd be the sexiest Bond to date, that's for sure.

[KylieistBoi]

I don't want to see him as Bond too but the way he said is down right racist. Just stop it already

[Giselle]

d; for the girls who can't quite get it, imagine if they had a white actor play Bond, and had him be bi/gay. You girls would LIVE, especially if his love interest was fine.

But you would then have a conniption fit when straight people said "Wait! He's been straight for over 50 years!"

[Inverted]

Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf

Arabs tend to be white? Since when? Even if, they aren't the same white as someone form the UK.

Arabs are closer to the South Asians than UK whites.

Arabs definitely tend to be white and they are not anywhere close to being similar to South Asians. Arabs are Semites just like non-European Jews. Would you say Jews are close to being South Asian?

Not all whites are pale-skinned Nordics or Anglo-Saxons. Again, what would you or the average person consider Tony Shahloub to be?



Or the president of Syria?



^ They are not racially similar to South Asians at all and they clearly don't look similar:

[Howie]

Originally posted by qmpierre

Nick Fury was originally supposed to be white but Hollywood changed him to Samuel L Jackson and he slayed. Why can't the whites do their own version of the WIZ? Why can't blacks play Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice? Why can't Asians do their own version of A raisin in the sun? Why can't the Hispanics do an all Latino version of Dreamgirls which you all know would slay?

Color blind casting is the way to go and with franchise films such as James Bond, all superheros movies etc which the leads consistently change it should not matter what race, color, ethnicity they are as long as they can portray and give justice to the character. Screw it, if they wanted Antonio Banderas to play James Bond as long as he was cool with it i'm good. **** it, I don't even care if they remake Shaft with Michael Cera

gerl shut up

The wizard of oz IS the white version. The Wiz was made YEARRRRRS later to appeal to african americans