- Idris Elba: ‘Don’t try to make James Bond woke’ BBC
- Idris Elba: Bond Rumors Not True, Audiences ‘Won’t Go for a Black Male’ Variety
- Idris Elba Says It Was Never ‘Realistic’ For Him to Be Cast as James Bond IGN India
- Idris Elba shuts down Bond speculation says audiences will not accept a ‘black James Bond’ The Express Tribune
- Idris Elba says audiences would never accept a black actor playing James Bond: ‘That’s not what they like in their culture’ IMDb
