{"id":469585,"date":"2026-06-10T04:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/469585\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:25:15","slug":"idris-elba-shuts-down-idea-of-a-black-james-bond-rnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/469585\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba shuts down idea of a black James Bond &#8211; RNZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQTXVfcmoyTEI4M2NKbnQ5UFVxT3RoYnlpZWd2am1TWmt1YlU5LTU2RE9USTVqU2tRdU5NbXRBblROT1pCYWNrSUQzd3dLS2xuZmFqczJvTDl3WjNBMFdTaFhqSTg3QXBZVDFBLXJFM0xNTWt4cG9rRmxvOEgzR2oySmxiVFlKVVRYWWphYTFaY3gxMXVq?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Idris Elba shuts down idea of a black James Bond<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<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\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPQzZ2SXM4TTgtbkRpVXY1REgxQXF4Tk9DeGs0R3ZBQ201YjFHNndyU1NsRUR2dmhCZFo0amNleTM5Ukhha1VERUNnT0toM0Rqb0d0SFMtd19QRnliMlpyR1llOVFkZEllSW03M05aVG4tZXc2dEhzLVZIVjJSWU9YS3ZB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Idris Elba says James Bond audiences wouldn\u2019t accept a Black actor playing spy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Idris Elba shuts down idea of a black James Bond&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZIdris Elba: &#8216;Don&#8217;t try to make James Bond woke&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCIdris&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-469585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}