my name’s Elba, Idris Elba. pic.twitter.com/kEyyaVg8JX
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) August 12, 2018
Idris Elba hypes the idea that he could be the next James Bond, then tells is not to believe the hype. Which is it, Idris?!?! [Dlisted]
Joe Alwyn changed his Instagram to public. [LaineyGossip]
I like Charlize Theron’s black party dress. [Go Fug Yourself]
Chris Hardwick shed some tears and I couldn’t care less. [Pajiba]
Real Housewives of the Potomac are filled with schadenfreude. [Reality Tea]
Meghan Markle didn’t win a Teen Choice Award. [Jezebel]
The white nationalists were still around, but they got shouted down. [Buzzfeed]
A woman tested positive for opiates because she ate a poppy-seed bagel. [The Blemish]
New Yorkers review Britney Spears’ new fragrance. [OMG Blog]
Don’t believe the HYPE…
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) August 12, 2018
I love the comments that followed. That the HYPE is obviously an organization 007 is taking down and we must not and should not – obviously – believe The HYPE. Love him. Need him as 007. He’s perfect for it. No racists allowed.
I am with you 100% on that definitely.
Yes, agree 100%.
+1
I would love to see him as Bond. But I fear that the racists won’t leave him alone. The actor who plays Starfire was bullied out of social media. She was getting seriously awful messages. Same with some actors from Star Wars and many others…
Sigh…Bond rumours again. Since we are probably a MINIMUM of a year from this being officially announced (if it is even going to happen) could people maybe at least pretend to be interested in some of his other upcoming projects? So far his box office record as a leading man is deeply unimpressive (not really his fault, the movies have been pretty bad) and now his upcoming projects are going to be completely over shadowed by maybe/maybe not Bond. It feels a bit…unfortunate.
Looking at Joe A.’s Instagram made me think…Joe Alwyn and Nicolas Hoult…now that would be a good looking couple!
Nicholas Hoult would be perfect casting! Good call. I hadn’t thought of him.
I was away over the weekend and didn’t get a chance to see the RHOP reunion and I can’t wait!
Idris is 45-46. Bond films take 18 months or so to film, they are huge productions in lots of locations and very complicated to produce. Craig is signed on for two more. That would mean that if Idris was the next Bond, he’d START his first one at around 50, and if it were a 4-picture deal, which they usually are, he would be pushing 60 when it was all over.
I’ll tell you what bothers me: name me a female star looking at 50 who would get a chance like this at that age, sex symbolism up the wazuli, and with all that money?
I read a distressing study recently in The Guardian, that said that a leading actor in a film generally adds 12% to the film’s profits. A leading actress in the film adds . . . 0% to the film’s bottom line.
This is nothing against Idris, he’s hot AF, and I have all the “Luther” seasons at home – but the whole age thing with men and women just depresses the s*** out of me.