'I think that everybody should be considered. For women and for African Americans, there should be great parts anyway, across the board.”
"I think that's what it should be," Craig added."I think that everybody should be considered. For women and for African Americans, there should be great parts anyway, across the board. It shouldn't have to be Bond that takes ... it doesn't need to be Bond. It just needs to be written -- some good parts."adaptation. Although he’s once again playing the baddie, this time around he portrays Macavity, a dastardly feline with an egomaniacal agenda.
"The myth is that cats have nine lives, and he"—Macavity—"has one left," he explains to the magazine."So he’s desperate to be acknowledged, and he’s slightly unhinged, and he’s obviously met death a few times and gotten past it. The character has complexities, and I think that [director] Tom Hooper...wanted someone who could pull off that stuff—meanwhile singing and dancing and meowing.
Elba also touched upon singing in the film -- new territory for the leading man."I’m not a 'singer,'" he clarifies, although he is a seasoned musician."I’ve made music with singing. I’m musical … I’m an actor," he says."I’ve never done it before, so I thought, Why not.":"James Corden is hilarious in this film and I get to sing with Taylor Swift. And, you know, it's also a little bit surreal.
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