James Bond author Anthony Horowitz has apologised for his comments about the prospect of Idris Elba being cast as 007, saying he “clumsily” chose the words “too street” to describe the Luther actor.

Idris Elba ‘too street’ to play James Bond? Get with the times
Maurice Mcleod
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Horowitz, who spoke to the Mail on Sunday and launched a scathing critique of the recent iterations of the Bond franchise, released the statement on Tuesday saying: “I am mortified to have caused offence.”

He added: “I’m really sorry my comments about Idris Elba have caused offence. That wasn’t my intention.

“I was asked in my interview if Idris Elba would make a good James Bond. In the article I expressed the opinion that to my mind Adrian Lester would be a better choice, but I’m a writer not a casting director so what do I know?”

The author, who has written “continuation” Bond novels, including the latest Trigger Mortis, and said Lester would be a more “suave” Bond, explained his use of the word “street” to describe Elba.

“Clumsily, I chose the word ‘street’ as Elba’s gritty portrayal of DCI John Luther was in my mind but I admit it was a poor choice of word. I am mortified to have caused offence.”

Many commentators had expressed anger at Horowitz’s choice of words, including the influential American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who tweeted: “Just be honest and say ‘James Bond’s being white is important to me’ and be done with it ... Elba is ‘too street’ in much the same way that Obama was ‘too foreign,’ and King was ‘too communist.’”


Horowitz told the Mail that Elba as “a bit too rough to play the part”, adding “It’s not a colour issue. I think he is probably a bit too ‘street’ for Bond.”

Elba’s position as potentially the first ever black Bond was recently criticised by American rightwing radio host Rush Limbaugh who said: “He was white and Scottish. Period.”

Yaphet Kotto, who starred in Live and Let Die said Elba should not be cast in the lead role, saying: “He cannot be black. Political correctness be damned. Play 003 or 006, but you cannot be 007.”

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/01/anthony-horowitz-apologises-idris-elba-too-street-bond

Shymm3x:
@Cap28

Loool. When those of us who understand the experience talk to institutionalised racism and stereotypical ceiling, some vacuous plonkers like the illiterate sagamite who just got off the boat, will start posting junk about low-level jobs. In as much as I don't even think a black person should play James Bond - some of these white folks don't know when to shut up. He just tarnished the career Idris Elba struggled to build from nothing, with the misguided nonsense.

If someone as professional, successful, and articulate as Idris Elba can be termed "street" - only God knows what these folks think when they see the average black person. This is no different from the nonsense David Starkey said about David Lammy being the type of black person that white people like. The coconuts, who love being slaves and not those true to who they're.

I'm not even going to lie, what he said cracked me up.

Sagamite:

You are a cretinous fuuktard!

Moorons like you open your mouth and scream racism at every obstacle that falls your way.

Cretin!

So what if he says Idris Elba is too street to play Bond?

Moronic fuuktard, he should not have an opinion about someone's personality because he is white?

And if that opinion is not favourable, fuuktards like you jump out with your victimhood and scream some "ism", "phobism" or "prejudice".

So if a Director says Daniel Craig is too tough to play a family father, is that also "shokoloism"?

Fuuktard!

The man does not see Idris Elba as a Bond. He is ENTITLED to that opinion!

Idris Elba has mostly been playing street roles (quite well), so it is quite normal to generate a profile that is type-casted.

No one would go and pick Jason Stratham as a Bond.

Why?

Because he is fcking too street and he does not have the network to help ignore that and get the role!

Ed Miliband has a better chance of getting the role as James Bond.

Fuuktard!

Shymm3x:
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Vacuous and obnoxious stark illiterate and dirt poor FOB, can you please write in English language?

I don't understand illiterate-speak.

Shymm3x:
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Vacuous and obnoxious stark illiterate and dirt poor FOB, can you please write in English language?

I don't understand illiterate-speak.

Sagamite:


You are a cretinous fuuktard!

Can you see how quick I humiliate your dumb arsse as usual?

AAinEqGuinea:


You asked for it bruh.. you're 'too street' too. Next time blame yourself before blaming white people.

Shymm3x:


What the hell are you talking about?

Shymm3x:


Humiliate me with ya thick accent and atrocious use of English, no?

You're an obnoxious and uneducated loafer...get the fvck out of my face, and let me see cerebral folks.

So, Idris Elba is "too street" yet he played Luther and Nelson Mandela, yes? Self-hating worthless and bummy coon. That's why you're stuck in a one room shared apartment looking for dirty non-English speaking smelly Polish girls to sha.g.

Shymm3x:


Humiliate me with ya thick accent and atrocious use of English, no?

You're an obnoxious and uneducated loafer...get the fvck out of my face, and let me see cerebral folks.

So, Idris Elba is "too street" yet he played Luther and Nelson Mandela, yes? Self-hating worthless and bummy coon. That's why you're stuck in a one room shared apartment looking for dirty non-English speaking smelly Polish girls to sha.g.

Sagamite:


You are a cretinous fuuktard!

Can you see how I slaughter you every time you try?

Moronic fuuktard, a man says "Adrian Lester would be a better choice and a suave Bond, but Idris Elba is too street" and your moronic arsse like many dumb, failed blacks have seen an avenue of excuse for your failures?

Shymex: "It is because of institutional racism like this I always fail".

Fuuktard, so he was racist when he was saying Adrian Lester would be more appropriate as Bond?

Cretinous fuuktard, can you see how easy it is to humiliate you because you are just too dumb?

Sagamite:


You are a cretinous fuuktard!

Can you see how I slaughter you every time you try?

Moronic fuuktard, a man says "Adrian Lester would be a better choice and a suave Bond, but Idris Elba is too street" and your moronic arsse like many dumb, failed blacks have seen an avenue of excuse for your failures?

Shymex: "It is because of institutional racism like this I always fail".

Fuuktard, so he was racist when he was saying Adrian Lester would be more appropriate as Bond?

Cretinous fuuktard, can you see how easy it is to humiliate you because you are just too dumb?

OmoEziokwu:



There's definitely a difference between the real thing and being almost there. I see something's going on here ahah...

edi287:

But Nelson Mandela is black and John Luther was created as a black person. Elba playing Bond would be like Brad Pitt playing T'challa in a Black Panther movie or Martin Stewart or Sir Ian McKellen playing Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart. It'd look...odd.
People are just being too sensitive on this issue. It's not that serious.

Shymm3x:


Lmao at this accursed illiterate and jobless bum. I achieve more at 17 than you will ever achieve in a life time. At 17, I had a studio flat to myself - but at 35, you still live in a shared apartment doing odd jobs at the lowest level. And right now - I'm way up where you will never see me. The difference between you and I is that I always aim higher and I'm trying to reach the pinnacle, while you are comfortable being stuck at the bottom as a perpetual slave loool.

So you had to google Adrian Lester after two days, to have a point, no? - hysterical. Illiterate bum, how about put the Adrian Lester save-the-face reference in context cos he only cited it in his apology. Basically like how every racist caught in the act will always cite having a black friend after-the-fact. I'm ya grandad and schooling ya uneducated, loud, broke, and miserable arse is my contribution to humanity.

What is the scores now? - 10 - 0? Looool. I'm now officially ya great grandad - ten generations apart, bum lol. And go learn how to speak and write in English language, ya pencraft sucks lol.

Shymm3x:


Typical dyck sucking illiterate. Aren't you the same broke dude who posted a picture of a shitty TV on a thread a few months ago? Misery loves company - two jobless low level illiterates loool.

I achieve more at 17 than you will ever achieve in a life time.And right now - I'm way up where you will never see me. The difference between you and I is that I always aim higher and I'm trying to reach the pinnacle, while you are comfortable being stuck at the bottom as a perpetual slave loool.

What is the scores now? - 10 - 0? Looool. I'm now officially ya great grandad - ten generations apart, bum lol.

Sagamite:


You are a cretinous fuuktard!

Lets park for now that your moronic post is full of dumb conjectures.

So you are a great achiever?

And to prove it, your example is that you lived alone in a studio flat when you were 17?

KAI!

This fuuktards stupidity is beyond a joke.

You are so dumb it is piss easy to flog and humiliate you EVERYTIME.

People are talking about their academic achievements, charities/events they have set up, what name they had made in their circles at 17, this cretin's example of his great, glorious, success is that he had a studio flat to himself at 17.

My belle o, my head o!

Shymmex, you are a dumb fuuktard!

So what is so hard having a studio flat to yourself at 17?

Council flat application success?

If someone leaves school at 16 and gets a job as a Bus Driver, he can't afford a Studio Flat to himself by 17?

Those are great "ACHIEVEMENTS" in the hood, cretin?

That got you those rasclat skanks?

Making this moronic pride-claim is more evidence that I am right that you are a dumb, lowlife hooodrat who probably never attended university.

Cretinous fuuktard, show us the original interview to prove he did not mention Adrian Lester. Fuuktard!

Then tell us whether he was "racist" for thinking Adrian Lester can play Bond.

I wait.

OmoEziokwu:


Lol dude so you want to bring me into this thing where you trade disses and all of that.

I don't even know what you're on about some broken TV or whatever it is you're talking about. Huh? Where?

Just to bring this back (I'm not here to take sides but to look at objectivity), you can clearly see that your argument just got stomped on.

I reckon you're a young hyper-active fellow. You need to read and learn more. Probably in your mid-twenties or just gone past it. You seem to be at that stage where you just started stumbling upon these ideologies of the world and you're so eager to prove what you've got.

Fam, I've been there and done that, heard? Pro-blackism and afro-consciousness? Hip-hop yada yada...I get it. Thing is for you to look at things objectively so that you don't keep going off on this edgy tangent.

All this SJW-ism and PC-madness we see on the Internet these days. Are you a liberal too. Lol

I'm being nice, trust me.

Shymm3x:


STFU bum. You are always sucking on dycks cos you are a prick and a cowardly fool with no mind of ya own. This isn't ya first time.

I remember you used to try suck on my dyck as well on football threads posting "mate" everywhere like a blinkered wannabe - but I had to ignore you cos I don't do that homo shyte with vacuous illiterate loafers. Just get the fvck out of my face with miserable and broke arse. And go buy a new TV and find a job lol.

You live in the UK. If you think I can't smack the shyte out of you - we can set it up. I increduloussmack fvckers like you for fun. And I'd spit in ya face after smacking some sense into you.

OmoEziokwu:



Hahaha...you really have the time for crap. Where do you get all these your references about TV and football and stuff like that? Are you okay? Or is this you saving face?

So I am a d-ick sucker because I said you got pummelled by Sagamite. That's because you really think everyone has the time to respond to your express stupidity.

Sagamite is an individual just as all of us are and if he makes sense, there is nothing wrong with accepting that. If I find his arguments faulty, all I need to is to state mine and provide empirical proof as much as is available to support my claims.

The truth is Sagamite beats airheads like you on here, all the time...everyday, every night, everyday, every night, everyday, every night...ahah

I've seen your ignorance displayed on here a few times and I just ignore it, because I don't have the time. At this moment I have my buddy here right next to me as I write this, and he is like I probably should write more on these boards rather than just keep looking at the foolishness that is the larger part of Nairaland, and that is the reason why you're having my time right now.

I think I still should write more on here, whether it's to you or not.

Foolish boy. Little thing.

OmoEziokwu:
Shymm3x

I'm conceited on your arse you clown. Pseudo-intellectual. I look down on you. Fool.

Shymm3x:
Avalon316 the igbotic phaggot, I see you are stuck in naij and you created a thread about getting a visa to move to the UK lol. So you are basically mad and bitter about ya life and you are trying to push it on me cos you think I have got the life you dream about looool.

You shall forever be miserable and you will forever be denied that visa. And of you ever get it, I shall look for you and do what Nas said he and his boys used to do to foreigners when they were young. We have got too many retarded and blinkered black folks here - we don't need more fvckers and slaves. And stop trying to imitate me by stealing my shyte, flaming phaggot and stan. You will be me and you shall forever be stuck in naij. My last reply to you on this forum cos ya NL life feeds off me lol.

Early morning comic relief lol.

OmoEziokwu:


The truth is Sagamite beats airheads like you on here, all the time...everyday, every night, everyday, every night, everyday, every night...ahah

Shymm3x:


Looool. Now, you are lying and I don't think you said this with a straight loool.

You look up to me and will forever do. Just mad I never acknowledged ya dyckriding lool.

Sorry, I'm not gay and I don't do that homo shyte. Just keep the admiration at a distance, you weak turd. You are soft!