{"id":725725,"date":"2026-06-09T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725725\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:44:08","slug":"idris-elba-says-james-bond-audiences-wouldnt-accept-a-black-actor-playing-spy-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725725\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba says James Bond audiences wouldn\u2019t accept a Black actor playing spy &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQS3ozTjVYUlJoeTIxdklnOEdDTUlZNEwzdFpBcFM1RTRTbU9KQVVHbFE1ajZKQkNPZkpQcXctU2ZHT1NfcGhmQXJ5VE10aHY1UkEzOFkzaXhXa3Fac3hxQk9YRWE1TkhFOE16SlFacUVKc1ZneVZvNGI2dTNLMnFEWVJya0JrMkZId0pjczJ3Y0dwb1RXbERvOXI3TXRDd2RBMzFyZllxbkJVSmdmbHduX3hTQTlwbG1FSnpUeGhzUFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Idris Elba says James Bond audiences wouldn\u2019t accept a Black actor playing spy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE40X01iLXVUUzJxRDdkNW1PU0ZiaURnX0ZRcGxnQWdrYWRWdEJpeHI2TW5ibTdEN0hRaE9HcVhZcFU5ZHF6Yl94TjZZZWthZmc4UjFLV3N1QkpLQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Idris Elba: &#8216;Don&#8217;t try to make James Bond woke&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPX1ZVNEFlY3FFNXRVNEEzaTEwOFRnWlJWVGw2R2dqUGtRTEZzRUJwLW9tLWxjZEk5Ul9ycW1WZl9MX0VmVkdfZ1owdF9MVkQ4cXNSQmd6R1ZibV8zSjFKYnBxNGJnWVdTTVhfWFNHeTVKa180ZTJkQk81aWxrTGZZT2gxbl84d1FZSVBsUWtOVVJQclExVGdNdTY5SFJLUE5jY3VFMXBtX2s?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Idris Elba says audiences would never accept a black actor playing James Bond: \u2018That\u2019s not what they like in their culture\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNeDhfZmhVVkVlVjFLWUE4VXRTVXY1Umh0czM4dlM2MDhOTHRWY0Q3ZnZuWFVQSnNLQU9WUVNFTHRxMVNiUTR5T0ktWW81NmMwM0VKVG9tdkFLNnBiSEJpaUNjR3dwMEZIRWVkc2FoUzZ1dXRoR2FFMEY5UXFzeWRGU3VLRlhIWlJNVWlFOUNrdG40LVZXRGdEdjZIb1JsNXdjVXZN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Idris Elba thinks audiences won&#8217;t support a black James Bond<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxORzVSblR4ODZMUFVhZjFtcy12R2trS0o4MzZtUXowaXVvRHZidWJydThfMXVtdFFYU0lyUkY3Q3Ztb0FSN3BfLTRUb2tVekllNDdqVnp4QmRHV1NGTnM1VjVRY0FGZEVBZ2luSzEycGxYUkE4Xzg2b3Zkb2hFRnJVVld3Mzk5amc4RFZRd2Q0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Idris Elba Gives Blunt Reaction To The Prospect Of A \u2018Woke\u2019 James Bond Film<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HuffPost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Idris Elba says James Bond audiences wouldn\u2019t accept a Black actor playing spy&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsIdris Elba: &#8216;Don&#8217;t try to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[712,49,48,75],"class_list":["post-725725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}