Idrissing the issue
Gammons, Brexiteers, Daily Mail readers and Union Jack flag huggers can rest easy until John Boyega and Regé-Jean Page are mentioned again.
Talking about the upcoming big-screen version of Luther, Idris ruled out playing James Bond.
"We've been working on the television show for about 10 years, so the natural ambition is to take it to the big screen. So we're here with the first movie".
"You know, people talk about another character that begins with 'J' and ends with 'B,' but I'm not going to be that guy. I'm going to be John Luther. That's who I am".
At 50 years old, it was always unlikely he'd take the reigns from Daniel Craig.
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