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He is a good actor but why dont they give him a different super spy film? James Bond is a British spy of Scottish ancestry. It would be cultural misappropriat
by programmernews3 11y ago
He is a good actor but why dont they give him a different super spy film?
James Bond is a British spy of Scottish ancestry.
It would be cultural misappropriation.
- papercrane 11y agoDaniel Craig is no more culturally Scottish than Idris Elba.
- uncletaco 11y agoIdris Elba was born, raised, and educated in England and is as entitled to play the role of James Bond as any Briton, though none of that should matter. By your logic Pierce Brosnan's (Irish) turn as Bond was an even larger case of cultural misappropriation due him not being a Briton.
- programmernews3 11y agoThen why is it a big deal to have a white actress play Tiger Lily in the current Pan film? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/07/tiger-lily-peter-pan-native-american-stereotype http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/07/tiger-lily-pete... Would you have been happy with a white south African playing Nelson Mandela?
- DanBC 11y agoBlack people first came to the British isles during the Roman occupation. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/