...last year Idris said if he were to become the next Bond he would not be happy if the attention was purely focused on the colour of his skin.
Talking to U.S. radio station NPR, he said: 'My Dad and I were talking about this the other day because he said 'You could do it, would you do it?' I was like 'Yeah, I would do it, but I just don't want to be called the first black James Bond'. Do you understand what I 'm saying?
'Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond.
'So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.'
However, the actor who is famed for taking on the role of drug baron Stringer Bell on HBO hit The Wire, quipped that if the role of 007 became his he would accept it in true Bond style.
Idris joked: ''If Sony decided to call me and said hey, we wanted to do [James Bond], I'd definitely consider it.
'I'd not only get in the cab, but I'd take the taxi driver out of the car, hostage, jump out while it was moving, jump onto a pedal bike that was just past the door as I got on it, and then get onto a plane - on the wing - and land on top of Sony Studios, slide through the air conditioning, and land in the office.
He continued: 'I'm never shaken or stirred.'
