Njengoko uyazi, kwifilimu ezayo "hayi ixesha lokufa" UDaniel Craig uya kubonakala kumfanekiso kaJames Bond. Ixesha elininzi bekholelwa ukuba i-Actor elandelayo eza kudlala i-SPY edumileyo iya kuba nguJanON Norton, kodwa ngoku oyithandayo owabonilwa kolu gqatso. Ngokutsho koHlelo lwe-Bhritane lokubonisa, okwangoku amathuba e-Idris Elba abe ngumhlambi owenzakeleyo kwiCraig aqikelelwa njenge-1 ukuya kwi-10-ngaphezulu kwawo nawuphi na omnye umfaki-sicelo. Ummeli wookhokho bakwa-Ladbroke Alex Amety kule meko uthe:
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Impumelelo ekhawulezileyo kunye nozuko lwe-Elba luncedo olukhulu kumzabalazo wakhe wendima yeqela. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iLondon idlale indlwana yeLondon kwi-Luther Tring Meride Union, nakwi-charchise enje "ethanga", "ukukhanya kwePasifiki" kunye "nomsindo". Ukuba uElba Taki uza kuba yintloko "uSian", uya kuba ngumdlali weqonga lokuqala kumfanekiso wearhente yomphunga weBanga elitsha kunye noxinzelelo olufanelekileyo kwi-Elber kwi Indima yeBond ayizukumangalisa.