An actor who has long been rumored as the next James Bond has finally put his cards on the table.
During an interview in GQ, Idris Elba stopped talking about how hates interviews long enough to discuss the future of the iconic franchise.
‘In realistic terms, some markets just don’t go for that.’
The 53-year-old Brit began by addressing the more than a decade of speculation that he would take over the role from Daniel Craig — making him the first-ever black 007.
“It was never legit. It was always just a rumor,” Elba told the outlet.
License to chill
The London-born Elba, whose mother and father hail from Ghana and Sierra Leone, respectively, said that fans simply took the rumor and ran with it.
“I’ve always felt that it’s not a
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