dravenonred t1_ix80nrl wrote on November 21, 2022 at 1:35 PM

Reply to comment by Bob_12_Pack in David Baddiel explores TV's problem portraying Jewish life on screen by PetyrDayne

Right? Like, that's not a problem for us. I don't have to be mad about Michael Fassbender playing a Jewish magneto when half the Avengers are Jewish actors playing non-jewish roles. Working Jewish actors are doing okay as is.

But when Idris Elba is "too urban" to play James Bond and Laverne Cox doesn't get cis character roles, they have a much better argument for authentic casting than we do.

centrafrugal t1_ixc0q49 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 8:38 AM

>But when Idris Elba is "too urban" to play James Bond

Is this an actual quote from someone? Any time this idea comes up it's always fans clamouring for Elba, the producers saying they'd love to cast him and Idris saying he's never had any desire to play James Bond.

dravenonred t1_ixc44ls wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:27 AM

https://time.com/4018556/anthony-horowitz-idris-elba-james-bond/

centrafrugal t1_ixcaaq5 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 10:55 AM

Thanks, hadn't heard that before. Thankfully the writer seems to be pretty much alone on that and not in any position to influence casting.

>“For me, Idris Elba is a bit too rough to play the part. It’s not a color issue. I think he is probably a bit too ‘street’ for Bond. Is it a question of being suave? Yeah.”

I'm not sure exactly what 'street' means it sounds like he doesn't understand the difference between Stringer Bell and Idris Elba!