Pierce Brosnan Weighs In on Idea of Idris Elba Playing James Bond and Names Another Possibility—Find Out What He Said!

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A former 007 star has given his seal of approval to the recently floated idea of having Idris Elbaplay the super spy in a future film.

In an interview with the U.K. magazine Radio Times, published on Tuesday, Pierce Brosnan, who played the iconic character in four films in the '90s and '00s, was asked if the British Lutherstar, 42, would make a good James Bond.

"Yeah, he would actually," said Brosnan, 61.

In his interview with Radio Times, Brosnan named another actor he thinks could make a good Bond.

"Colin Salmon, also," the Irish star said in the interview.

If either he or Elba, who are both black, were chosen to play Bond, it would mark the first time the character would be played by an actor who isn't white.

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Salmon, a British 52-year-old actor, has in recent years appeared on shows such as Arrow and spy series 24: Live Another Day and has starred in Bond movies before; he played an MI6 aide and ally alongside Brosnan's Bond in the '90s movies Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough and the 2002 film Die Another Day, which starred Halle Berry.