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«Nunca fue una opción realista»
Idris Elba se aparta de la carrera por ser el nuevo 007
Todavía es un misterio quién tomará el testigo de Daniel Craig como el próximo James Bond. Recientemente se pusieron en marcha los casting para encontrar a la próxima encarnación de 007, en la que será la primera película de la saga bajo la dirección de Denis Villeneuve. Y cada vez que se habla del icónico agente secreto, resurgen los rumores vinculados con Idris Elba. Pero esta vez, el propio actor británico optó por desligarse definitivamente de la historia.
En una entrevista con GQ, Elba remarcó que los rumores que lo posicionaron como presunto candidato a ser el nuevo James Bond no fueron realistas. Asimismo, explicó que nunca existió una intención real por parte de los responsables de la franquicia de ofrecerle el papel.
Esta no es la primera vez que Idris Elba se distancia de sus supuestas chances de dar vida al primer James Bond negro. Pero ahora parece decidido a poner a dormir las especulaciones de una buena vez.
«Siempre sentí que no era una posibilidad realista. James Bond fue escrito como fue escrito por un motivo. Aunque siempre me sentí halagado [por los rumores], creo que, siendo realistas, algunos mercados simplemente no lo aceptarían. Bond es un fenómeno mundial, y a muchos espectadores no les gustaría que lo interprete un hombre negro y africano. No es algo que les pueda gustar en su cultura. Punto», sostuvo el intérprete.
Cuando Barbara Broccoli todavía ostentaba la gestión de la saga, había dejado en claro que James Bond era un hombre blanco y británico, y que no iban a cambiarlo. Cuando Amazon compró MGM Studios y luego asumió el control creativo de Bond, se multiplicaron las especulaciones sobre posibles modificaciones al personaje. Sin embargo, Idris Elba lo considera innecesario.
«Bond es tan irreal que [darle] un toque de realismo está bien, pero no intentemos hacerlo woke. Creo que hay que ser fiel a su esencia: el escapismo. No intentemos complacer los gustos del mundo. Que simplemente sea Bond», remarcó el actor.
La nueva película de James Bond todavía no tiene protagonistas ni fecha de estreno confirmada. El filme de Denis Villeneuve será el 26.° de la saga del agente secreto y se espera que llegue en algún momento de 2028.
Fuente: El Financiero
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Just days after Idris Elba knelt before King Charles, accepted a knighthood, and smiled for the cameras, his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba experienced something that should remind every Black person in Britain that proximity to power does not grant immunity.
Sabrina, a Canadian former model and UN goodwill ambassador, was racially profiled following a minor car accident in London. A woman backed into her parked car, then immediately turned hostile, not about the damage, but about where Sabrina was “from” and whether she had the right to challenge what happened.
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I am sorry this happened to Idris Elba’s wife. No one should be subjected to that kind of treatment. But the incident also makes Idris’s recent comments about not making Bond “woke” even more frustrating.
Originally, “woke” meant staying alert to racial injustice and recognising the systems that allow discrimination to continue. But now, the word has been repeatedly weaponised to dismiss conversations about racism, representation and discrimination. The same people who use it to attack Black actors and diverse casting will use it against Sabrina’s experience, too. They will call her complaint “woke,” minimise the racism she described, and reduce it to hurt feelings.
That is why Idris should know better. With his platform, he should not be borrowing language that so often serves the very people who deny the reality of racism in Britain. Fame does not protect anyone from racism, sexism or bigotry. It only delays the moment when that reality becomes impossible to ignore. Perhaps seeing his wife, a woman of colour who does not have his level of fame, face treatment that many ordinary Black people recognise immediately will force a more honest reflection.
Whether that happens is another question. But the lesson is clear: proximity to power does not make racism disappear. It only makes some people believe they are insulated from it until it reaches their own doorstep.
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