SoIdris Elbadoesn’t want to play 007?
The producers get it.
“And when we cast Bond, it’s a 10-, 12-year commitment.
Idris Elba.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
So he’s probably thinking, ‘Do I really want that thing?’
Not everybody wants to do that.
It was hard enough getting [Daniel Craig to do it].”
Added Wilson, “And he was in his early 30s at the time!”
(Craig was actually 37 when the producers officially announced he had the role.)
That ain’t gonna work."
“That’s why when people go, ‘Oh, who are you going to get?’
it’s not just about casting an actor for a film,” she said.
“It’s about a reinvention, and ‘Where are we taking it?
What do we want to do with the character?’
And then, once we figure that out, who’s the right person for that particular reinvention?”
