I love Idris Elba, I really do. But I think we've crossed a line here and if I'm going to give you anymore advice on this project, I will have to made part of the production team. An EP credit is fine.

Perhaps Fleming always want to make bond Scottish but was ashamed of his own roots. Seeing Connery made him proud to be a Scot.

I'd always heard of the Connery thing. It was changed only after Connery was in the role, so that was definitely the widespread belief.

Honestly it's because of his two signature roles of Luther and Stringer Bell. It's not hard to see the DNA of a great Bond performance in those two characters.

Well… are we totally married to that idea? Because a lot of us would really like this movie to not be a boring trudge.

Yeah, that's what I thought. I overlooked your saying "since Lazenby" hence my confusion.

I know I missed the word "since" in Dwigt's post. I thought he was saying that only Lazenby and Craig were in their 30s.

Doesn't matter because the Scot thing was dropped as soon as Moore took the role. And he's never been defined by that nationality anyway, it was — as you say — a retrofit Fleming stupidly George Lucased into the books due to Connery's inability to pretend he's from anywhere other than Scotland.

Couldn't agree more. I hope you are telling both your agent and manager this, Idris.

It's called "Adam and Eve" not "Adam and some black guy playing James Bond."

If I looked like Idris Elba I guarantee that I'd be a good 40 to 50 percent more dickish.

That would be a great point… if Malcolm X were a fictional character not defined by race.

I thought it was Dr. Tommy Who, Pinball Wizard.

Come on, just stringing random consonants and vowels together to make a pretend name doesn't add anything to the debate.

Really? I'd always assumed Connery was in his 30's when he started. Damn, how is that guy still alive?

Sure we do. But they don't.

No, James Bond is the new POTUS. We have to start debating about the next one while in the middle of the current one's tenure.

The only argument against Elba that I'd be willing to entertain is age. Given that Craig is contracted for one and possibly two more after Spectre, Elba will likely be edging on 50 before his hypothetical turn comes. That's not an instant disqualification — and I've no doubt that Elba will age much more suavely than…

That's what wikipedia says. But that whole section ends with a [citation needed].

Well you know what they say about what happens when you assume. Your anus becomes prolapsed.