James Bond to become black? Thoughts?

There are differences in the actions of a lesbian and a hetrosexual. There are differences in the actions of a female and a male. There are no differences in the actions of a Black person and a White person apart from the colour of skin.
No changes to the story are made by making Bond black. Changes have to be made to make Bond female or Homosexual. If Daniel Craig were to be Black the story/movie would be exactly the same. So no it is not the same.

Jesus was a brown man from the middle east but he's white with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Sometimes it is actually racist. This is not one of those times. It is only "racist" to people who've stretched the word so far in their own heads that it is far beyond its actual meaning. People seem to forget what disgusting and despicable things the word "racism" actually describes, and misusing the term like that is probably pretty offensive to people who've been through actual racism.

You can't change a character's race like that, it just doesn't work. It's about as stupid changing James Bond into a female character. Ever heard the word "continuity"?

I don't know really ... I couldn't say yes or no to be honest. It just does seem a bit strange.

Thoughts on this?

Well,can you throw out some good examples of when white people have been cast in roles that should have been filled by oriental people or black people maybe?
The examples I've seen thrown around of when white people have supposedly played an ethnic character is when said character is of a middle-eastern background(i.e. Israeli jesus or the generally-quite-pale persians or arabs as a whole). I quite frankly am surprised that people would make a fuss about that sort of thing...it's quite obvious why a hollywood producer would do that(you wage on the big names when you set out to produce a box-smashing blockbuster...whilst trying to stick to the appearance of said character-i.e. you wouldn't get a blonde hollywood actor playing jesus would you?)....Bond,as a black dude,just wouldn't be believable...When you set an actor to play a different ethnicity you'll usually make sure they resemble what the character's supposed to look like to some degree...

I can't think really think of any white-washing beyond this...Hollywood-made films might have a japanese woman play a chinese woman but they won't ever cast i don't know,Frida Svensson as the empress of china or whatever...Idris is Bond is only intended to prove a point.

And you know this how? Got a source from SONY's mouth saying that was their reasoning? Or are you basing that statement on your own narrow minded views.



Excellent justification for hollywood's long term white washing, and removal of opportunities for ethnic actors.

Idris is well known name and his casting would probably widen their target audience. Since there's a high chance the film would be successful it should all be ok then right?

Well,can you throw out some good examples of when white people have been cast in roles that should have been filled by oriental people or black people maybe?
The examples I've seen thrown around of when white people have supposedly played an ethnic character is when said character is of a middle-eastern background(i.e. Israeli jesus or the generally-quite-pale persians or arabs as a whole). I quite frankly am surprised that people would make a fuss about that sort of thing...it's quite obvious why a hollywood producer would do that(you wage on the big names when you set out to produce a box-smashing blockbuster...whilst trying to stick to the appearance of said character-i.e. you wouldn't get a blonde hollywood actor playing jesus would you?)....Bond,as a black dude,just wouldn't be believable...When you set an actor to play a different ethnicity you'll usually make sure they resemble what the character's supposed to look like to some degree...

I can't think really think of any white-washing beyond this...Hollywood-made films might have a japanese woman play a chinese woman but they won't ever cast i don't know,Frida Svensson as the empress of china or whatever...Idris is Bond is only intended to prove a point.

Except what you said is untrue. If bond is female what difference does it make? Well, the gender of the love interest and maybe slightly toned down action scenes, the story would be exactly the same. Same with hetero vs homo, the story is the same, and it hardly changes the fact that if you run the other way there would be outcry.


But he's also portrayed as Indian, Hispanic, Asian, black, an Arab, any every other ethnicity under the sun, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same goes for santa, or at least the relevant ethnicities where he's a major figure.

Sometimes it is actually racist. This is not one of those times. It is only "racist" to people who've stretched the word so far in their own heads that it is far beyond its actual meaning. People seem to forget what disgusting and despicable things the word "racism" actually describes, and misusing the term like that is probably pretty offensive to people who've been through actual racism.

You can't change a character's race like that, it just doesn't work. It's about as stupid changing James Bond into a female character. Ever heard the word "continuity"?

Sometimes it is actually racist. This is not one of those times. It is only "racist" to people who've stretched the word so far in their own heads that it is far beyond its actual meaning. People seem to forget what disgusting and despicable things the word "racism" actually describes, and misusing the term like that is probably pretty offensive to people who've been through actual racism.

You can't change a character's race like that, it just doesn't work. It's about as stupid changing James Bond into a female character. Ever heard the word "continuity"?

There aren't many black roles but

Mena Suvari in stuck, blonde woman playing a charecter that was supposed to be black
Josh Hartnett in 30 days of night, white man playing inuit person
Angelina Jolie in A mighty Heart playing a mixed race woman. She even darkened her skin
Jim sturgess in 21 white playing Asian
Justin Chatwin playing Goku in dragonball evolution
and the examples i mentioned before there's more i cant be bothered to list. It's fairly common.

Look at my previous post where I've attached an artists sketch of what Ian Fleming imagined Bond to look like. Daniel Craig doesn't look anymore similar to that sketch than Idris Elba. Only thing that makes him slightly more similar is his skin colour.

Also,I love how you understand that white people can be cast as middle eastern people and how youre surprised 'anyone would make a fuss about this' but as soon as another race is cast to play a supposedly white character you whine and bitch. Double standards.

They've made Thor into a woman, because of political correctness (and an outcry from the Feminist board). And now they're making Bond black because someone from the media board believes there's a lack of black representation in the media.

A 'wider target audience'? Who else do you want it to reach lol? ... Are you suggesting that some people don't watch James Bond, because he's white?

I'm afraid that Bond will lose his identity if, and only if, he is replaced by a black actor. I can't imagine the outrage when he is replaced by a white/latino/asian/arab actor

Why can't we see Jason Statham destroy people as the next bond

For a character that is well known i think it will be a very risky and bold move if they were to cast Elba. It's like how Thor is now becoming a women, it just wouldn't feel right.

There shouldn't be a need for change just for the sake of political correctness.

Current Captain America in the comics is Black (used to be Falcon)

According to the lore Time Lords gender can change during regeneration and the Master was a woman most recently.

There are similarities between the supposed sketch that you posted and Daniel Craig(to a much higher degree than Elba and the sketch),the first combo certainly has a lot more in common and it also sticks to the background of the character(i.e. half-swiss half-scotish dude could look like Daniel Craig). Not that it should be of any consideration to you personally,but do you remember the up-roar within the series' fan-boy community when Daniel Craig was cast as James Bond?He wasn't exactly welcomed with open arms...The guy himself even confessed to have stopped reading fan reviews ever since. The only reason why the outrage over possible casting has extended beyond the fan-base in this case it BECAUSE casting Elba is meant to prove a point.

And actually,thank you for being highly self-assuming,but it would make sense to me if a very-talented british actor of possible middle-eastern descent would play James Bond...as long as he could get into the role if would be believable. However I do not see a black or oriental actor doing it. Few genuine people do (again,the ones set out to prove a point don't come into this).

Captain America is white in the movies - the movies are what matter!

Even though the latest Doctor sucks; he's still much better than any women would be in the role. Doctor who has always been a white male during all his regenerations, now if he could be someone other than British male demographic, then am sure statistically he would've by now...

To all those saying that white people playing romans in like ancient times or whatever is wrong so why is that ok, the answer is obvious - who do you think they are marketing these movies for? which audience? answer: white people duh!

They should not caste a black James Bond - it's just stupid PC like mentioned before. Your average viewer is a going to be an average white male 13-50 who likes to imagine his life could be as cool as JB's is: banging hotties, shooting people, being a spy, boozing, smoking, and being British. Therefore, you want to appeal to the mass populous.

We like to vicariously experience how cool it is to be James Bond. Since most of the viewers are white it's much easier to do this with a white protagonist, even if you don't like it, it doesn't make it any less true.

I don't want to be taken out of the movie constantly trying to associate myself with the lead character when i've been used to it the right way for 20+ films..

I just don't get why anyone would take one of the most successful franchises and try and **** it up. I mean why? why not make James Bond a woman? i mean if all people, characters and their traits are going to now be fungible? why not just **** everything up!