For months, there have been rumors and campaigns trying to make Idris Elba the next Bond, James Bond. Yesterday, while he was walking the carpet for his directorial for the movie Yardie, Good Morning Britain asked him about it.
First, they handed him a martini and asked him if he likes it shaken or stirred. He told them, “stirred fry.” Then she asked him, “Am I looking at the next 007?” As he is walking away, he told her, “no,” and laughed.
This is the second bit of bad news for the franchise in 24 hours. Yesterday, Danny Boyle dropped out of directing Bond 25 and now this. Maybe it is time for them to hit the pause button and reevaluate how they move forward with other Bond movies. What do you think?
Film goers at the Rio Cinema in the UK thought that there were just going to see a sneak preview of Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie, but they got so much more. That is because Elba proposed in front of them all to his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre, whom he met when they were filming A Mountain Between Us, and she said yes!
Who knows maybe they will get married on Valentine’s Day since he could not wait until then to pop the question?
Loni Love had a one-on-one with Idris Elba recently, and she was more than willing to share with him that that was not the one-on-one she wanted to have with him. The Real co-host was talking to him about his new movie The Mountain Between Us and she said she wanted to join him during his very sexy shower scene. When he heard that he started giggling and I did the same with him. That little chuckle made the sex symbol even sexier, don’t you think?
I do not know about you, but I cannot think of Matthew McConnaughey without hearing his special way of saying, “Alright, alright, alright.” But how did he come up his infamous catchphrase.
The actor explained how while doing a Web’s Most Searched Questions for Wired. He said, “First film I am ever on, Dazed & Confused. I am in the car, about to do my first scene ever and it is non scripted.” Continuing on, “There’s a scene in the movie where Wooderson is hanging out in a pool hall, girls walk by, he reaches and slaps one of the backsides. His buddy says, ‘You gotta cut that or you are gonna go to jail.’ And he steps forward and says, ‘No man, that is what I love about those high school girls. I get older but they stay the same age.'” He thought to himself who is this guy and when he heard action, he looks up and sees “Marissa Ribisi across the way and to myself I go, ‘The fourth thing about Wooderson is picking up chicks?’ Alright, alright, alright.” There you have it!
Are you alright, alright, alright with that answer?
Let’s be honest with each other, many of us dreamed about having Idris Elba as our Valentine’s Day’s date and never thought it would be possible. Now it can be because Omaze and him have teamed up to make that dream a reality and all for a good cause. Each entry will benefit W.E. Can Lead, who is committed to ensuring young girls receive the educational opportunity, leadership development and mentoring support necessary to become the new generation of female leaders across the continent of Africa.
What do you get besides the chance to beat his yams (I like the sound of that), a free airfare and a free room at a 4-star hotel? A memorable night with one of the sexiest actors. I have entered, what you are waiting for?