CNN —Idris Elba says he felt “super complimented for a long time” when it came to suggestions he should play James Bond. During a recently released conversation on Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett’s podcast “Smartless,” Elba addressed the many times he’s been asked about replacing Daniel Craig in the James Bond film franchise. Lots of people have rooted for Elba to be the first Black James Bond, and he said he was aware of the compliment in that. “It’s like being named sexiest man.”(People magazine named Elba “Sexiest Man Alive” in 2018.) “Those that weren’t happy about the idea made the whole thing disgusting and off-putting because it became about race,” Elba said.

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