The actor also said that getting the offer to play the role was highly flattering. “The truth is, I was super complimented for a long time about this. We’re all actors and we understand that [James Bond] is one of those coveted [roles]. It felt like, ‘Okay, you’ve sort of reached the pinnacle,’” he added.

As per reports, the actor had earlier told in a magazine interview that he was no longer describing himself as a Black actor, saying, “I realised it put me in a box. We’ve got to grow. Our skin is no more than that: it’s just skin.” Elaborating on that statement, he later tweeted, “There isn’t a soul on this earth that can question whether I consider myself a Black man or not. Being an ‘actor’ is a profession, like being an ‘architect’, they are not defined by race.”

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