He's got the voice (as everyone's pointed out, he's the voice of Bond on some audio books or some shit), he's got the smooth demeanor, and he could definitely kick ass in some action scenes.

Though I'm also cool with just giving him or Idris or both their own thriller franchises. (Of course, the problem becomes that no one wants to fund a big-budget spy movie without the Bond name attached, which is why people want these actors to specifically play Bond... but I'd be all for way more spy franchises in an ideal world, just cuz I fucking love spy films.)

>and for god's sake, don't cast a black actor "just because".
>idris is really the only guy i can think of who would've fit.
>some of the other names being thrown out just feel like ppl
>want a black actor in the discussion, whether he's right for
>the part or not.