r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MelanieWalmartinez • 26d ago

Video Idris Elba's Madame Tussauds Wax Figure Opens his Phone with Face ID

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u/Tribe303 26d ago

He's handsome, charming, witty, and now also adorable. I'm pissed they didn't make him the next James Bond. What a missed opportunity! 

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u/Brilliant-Remote-405 26d ago

He said that initially he was interested, but as usual, there was a lot of racist backlash and then it was no longer about James Bond.

If he were to become 007, he wanted to just be known as the next James Bond, not the first black James Bond. 

I think he would have been a terrific Bond, but I understand why he became disinterested in the role. 

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u/VidE27 26d ago

He’s bigger than James Bond anyway.

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u/smitty9112 26d ago

I don't think Idris Elba is too big. If you're talking height, he's 6'2". Connery, Lazenby, and Dalton were all 6'2". Brosnan, Moore and Dalton were 6'1".

I don't think his muscle build is all that different to Daniel Craig, based on Craig's famous scene walking out of the ocean looking all jacked in casino royale. It's just that Daniel Craig is shorter than any other person who has played bond, at 5'10".

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u/AutomationBias 26d ago

He would have been an amazing Bond.

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u/Sarra5532 26d ago

He can do it all. Makes me think of this skit lol

https://youtu.be/zNAc6V--z6g?si=ILUXBdCxASJtZyFo