David Oyelowo can officially claim to be the first black actor to play James Bond – at least, in audiobook form. Not on the screen. Sorry if I got your hopes up!
Oyelowo has been tapped to portray 007 (and other characters) in an audio recording of the new Bond novel titled "Trigger Mortis," the UK newspaper The Guardian reported today.
“I was asked specifically by the Fleming estate, which is really special,” the star of "Selma" said, adding, “I am officially the only person on planet Earth who can legitimately say ‘I am the new James Bond’… even saying that name is the cinematic equivalent of doing the ‘to be or not to be’ speech.”
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