A New 007?: Idris Elba May Replace Daniel Craig As the Next James Bond

There’s been lots of hypothesis round Idris Elba being the following 007 successor within the James Bond franchise, and in accordance with govt producer Barbara Broccoli, the actor could possibly be a step nearer to snagging the function. In an interview on the Deadline Podcast, Broccoli revealed that there have been talks round Elba being the franchise’s subsequent star, although the official casting course of has not but begun.

“Properly, we all know Idris, I am associates with him and he is a powerful actor,” she mentioned. “You realize, it has been a part of the dialog, however it’s at all times tough to have the dialog when you’ve gotten somebody within the seat. I feel we now have determined that till No Time to Die has sort of had its run and Daniel has been in a position to, nicely, we have all been in a position to, reap the advantages of Daniel’s fantastic tenure, we’re not gonna take into consideration or speak about anyone else, actors to play the function or storylines or something. We simply wanna reside within the second, the current.”

Craig made his debut as James Bond in 2006’s On line casino Royale and continued his run within the function up till 2021’s No Time to Die. The most recent movie marked Craig’s ultimate curtain name because the well-known spy after he is killed off within the film, however Bond nonetheless lives to battle one other day because the movie franchise continues — hopefully with Elba on the helm.

In earlier conversations over time, actors like Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Lashana Lynch, and Henry Cavill have all been tossed round as potential names to be the brand new James Bond substitute. However Elba’s identify continues to flow into, and actually, he seems like a worthy candidate to tackle the job. Even Sony Photos govt Amy Pascal shared that “Idris ought to be the following Bond” in a leaked 2014 electronic mail. So there’s hope we might even see Elba attempt on the Bond tuxedo in spite of everything, however we’ll keep tuned till the information will get confirmed.