Trevor Noah: a black James Bond? (B2)

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When you think about it, what people term just depends on your timeline, right? Everyone is an immigrant from somewhere. Whenever I see people have those conversations in America, you know, about these damn immigrants, “They're coming over here, these damn immigrants, get out of here!”, I always what Native Americans must be thinking, when they're listening to the words that are being said, you know? People confidently saying, “This is not where they came from. This is not their .” And they're like, “Oh, tell me more. Tell me more.” “They need to go back, cuz this is not their home.” “Oh, really?” — (…) That's why I always say to people, I go: travel the world. If there's one thing you will never your money on, it's traveling. Travel the world. See another place. Discover a different point of view. Traveling is the antidote to . Changes your mind, your , how you believe, what you believe. And you know, one of the greatest things you can do when you travel, one of the greatest things you can do, is traveling to a country where they don't speak your . That's probably my favorite thing: going to a place where they don't speak English, just to make you realize how insignificant you really are. You're not the of the universe. There's another world that exists beyond you. I try and do that all the time. I try, I try my utmost. I go to English-speaking countries, but I try every now and again to go to a country where they speak no English, you know? Like recently, I went to , right? — And I had an amazing time. The place was beautiful. It was a different culture. Rich in . They have the rolling Highlands of Scotland. They've got these , beautiful, perfectly preserved, hundreds of years old. In the streets, there's the men playing the , wearing the kilts. No black people. But not in a bad way. Not in a bad way. Just in a matter-of-fact way, you know? (…) Like Australia. There's no Aborigines. And when you get there, you're like, “Hey, Australia! Wait, where's all the black people?” And they're like, “Oh, I don't know. They .” (…) Something went wrong. But Scotland doesn't have that, you know? Scotland doesn't have black people because they're further , and further north there were no black people. The further north you go, the things become: the people, the Christmas, the bears. Everything changes. — I'm sure if you went to a Scottish person and said, “Excuse me, sir, are you ?”, he'd be like, “I don't know. I've never .” — I had so much fun in Scotland. I remember I was in Glasgow for a week. I was driving around in the back of a car, and every single day I would try and spot black people. It was like a little that I played by myself. (…) No black people anywhere. None. — And that's why I say traveling is important. Cuz I'd never been to a place where there were no black people before. It actually made me realize that there'd been an that I'd been grappling with for so long, and now, finally, I had another answer. And that issue was that of James Bond. — I'm a big of double-0-7, licence to kill. Loved it my whole life. Started with Pierce Brosnan and went back and watched Connery's and Lazenby's and everyone, all the way through to Daniel Craig. And I love James Bond. And when I found out that Daniel Craig no longer wanted to be James Bond, I was . Until I heard that at the top of the list, the potential was a man by the name Idris Elba. And I lost my . (…) That's what James Bond needs: a ladies' man and a man's man. And Idris has that. He's strong, he's , he's got that quiet thing. You could just see him playing the dapper . And as soon as it was announced, everyone is excited. Everyone is excited until the comment section of the came in. (…) “Because he's . James Bond cannot be played by a black man.” And as soon as they said that, the internet . “Racism!” (…) I was like, “Well, actually, James Bond is a character, and so he can be played by anyone, because it is fiction.” And they were like, “Well, when you think about it, James Bond was on a real man who was white, and so he should be played by a real white man.” And I was like, “Well, that just doesn't make sense, cuz if you think about it, Jesus was technically a black man, but he gets by a white man. So I don't know what your point is, cuz that's never stopped me from receiving my .” (…) — And then I went to Scotland. I realized that maybe, just maybe, I hadn't given the argument enough . Because I love Idris Elba. I want him to play Bond. But if you think about it, James Bond often in places like Scotland and the UK and Europe, because that's where most super choose to reside. I'm assuming it's for purposes. No matter how you feel about the issue, you have to , it would be particularly difficult to be a spy when you are the only black person in . Your very existence defies your . I'm not saying it's . I'm just saying that would be the toughest James Bond movie that was ever made. — (…) The movie will be ten minutes long. (…) — We would lose so many epic . Like that moment where James reveals his . You know that scene in the casino we always wait for? Him dressed in the tux, playing a high-stakes game of . See Idris Elba walking over to the now to place that iconic order: “Bartender, I'll take my martini , not stirred. The name's James Bond.” “I know.” “I'm sorry, mate, have we ?” “No. I just heard there was a spy in town. Figured it was you.” “What gave me ?” (…) “Well, there's just something about you.” “Something like what?” (…)