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Idris Elba on Bond casting rumors: 'Isn't 007 supposed to be handsome?'

Carly Mallenbaum
USA TODAY
FILE - This Jan. 4, 2014 file photo shows actor Idris Elba at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala  in Palm Springs, Calif. Elba tweeted Friday, April 18, that his son Winston was born Thursday, adding a photo of the babyís tiny hand gripping his finger. Elba had Winston with his girlfriend, Naiyana Garth. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT: NYET515



Though Daniel Craig is returning as 007 in the next James Bond installment, Spectre, there's been plenty of talk about who should take over as the British agent.

Could Idris Elba? That's a name that was floated in the hacked-and-leaked Sony emails, dismissed by Rush Limbaugh (who prefers a "white and Scottish" Bond) and approved by fans on social media.

Now, Elba is responding to the rumors:



Sounds like Elba likes his controversy shaken, not stirred. (Sorry. That was terrible.)

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