Bond author sorry for saying Idris Elba ‘too street’ for 007

The author of the new James Bond novel apologized on Tuesday after he said that British actor Idris Elba is “too street” to play 007. In an interview with the Daily Mail newspaper published over the weekend, Anthony Horowitz, the author of the new Bond novel “Trigger Mortis,” said Elba is “too 'street’ for Bond.” “Elba, 42, has been rumored to be among the actors considered to replace Daniel Craig as the next Bond. Elba, 42, has been rumored to be among the actors considered to replace Daniel Craig as the next Bond. He would be the first black actor to play the spy should he be cast.

I think he is probably a bit too street for Bond…Idris Elba is a terrific actor, but I can think of other black actors who would do it bette. It’s not a color issue … Is it a question of being suave? Yeah.

Anthony Horowitz

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