{"id":195711,"date":"2025-12-21T01:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/195711\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:35:07","slug":"idris-elba-finally-gets-his-dream-of-playing-james-bond-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/195711\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba Finally Gets His Dream of Playing James Bond \u2014 With a Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idris Elba<\/a> has spent years politely dodging the same question \u2014 Would you ever play James Bond? Let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want to? The actor, activist, DJ, former Sexiest Man Alive and straight up decent bloke has just been immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds London, and instead of playing it straight, he turned the moment into a full-blown Bond bit.<\/p>\n

In a newly released TikTok-style video, Elba posed alongside wax figures of Pierce Brosnan<\/a>, Daniel Craig<\/a>, and other former 007s, cheekily \u201cjoining\u201d the franchise at long last \u2014 at least in spirit. It\u2019s the closest thing fans have gotten to Idris Elba as Bond, and yes, the internet did exactly what you\u2019d expect<\/a>. Also, the guy looks good as 007.<\/p>\n

The timing couldn\u2019t be better. The next Bond film \u2014 the still-untitled Bond 26 \u2014 is shaping up to be the longest gap between movies in the franchise\u2019s 60-year history. Denis Villeneuve<\/a> (Dune, Blade Runner 2049) is set to direct, with Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) writing the script, but there\u2019s still no actor announced to replace Daniel Craig<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why Was Idris Elba Turned Into Wax?<\/p>\n

The wax figure itself is uncannily realistic. Dressed in the exact outfit Elba wore in July 2024 when he met King Charles to discuss youth violence prevention and The King\u2019s Trust, the figure captures a version of Elba that\u2019s equal parts movie star and real-world changemaker. When he first saw it, Elba was visibly stunned \u2014 so much so that he immediately FaceTimed his mom, Eve. Elba later said in a statement: <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s truly an honour to be recognised in this way and even more special to know this other version of me will be standing tall in London. So, even when I\u2019m away, a part of me is always at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

He compared the process to preparing for a film role, adding that working with the artists to get every detail right felt surprisingly familiar \u2014 just with the twist that this time, the character was him<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And while Elba may never get the chance to step into Bond’s tuxedo after all this time, this was a great little Easter egg for those of us who have long championed him for the role<\/a>. Maybe there’s a chance yet. As Bond 26 inches forward under Amazon MGM\u2019s watchful eye<\/a>, with Villeneuve taking the reins<\/a> and rumors swirling around potential new leads, Elba\u2019s wax-era Bond moment lands as both a playful goodbye and a perfect \u201cwhat if.\u201d<\/p>\n

The James Bond movies can be seen on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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\n Headshot Of Idris Elba In The World premiere of Luther: The Fallen Sun at the BFI IMAX in London.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIdrissa Akuna Elba<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 6, 1972<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHackney, London, England, UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Idris Elba has spent years politely dodging the same question \u2014 Would you ever play James Bond? Let’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-195711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}