Idris Elba 'Too Street to Play James Bond' Backlash Leaves Internet Shaken and Stirred: Wrap Trends

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TheWrap’s Jordan Burchette contemplates whether 007 could stand to be a little more 1-8-7

New “James Bond” author Anthony Horowitz courted controversy in a recent interview when he said that Idris Elba was “too street” to play the famous spy.

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