Author: Tatiana Siegel / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Fleet Street is at it again.
On Aug. 9, the U.K.-tabloid The Daily Star published a story stating that Equalizer franchise director Antoine Fuqua “told an industry pal” that he spoke with James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli about the future of the spy franchise.
Fuqua was said to have mentioned Idris Elba in conversation. “You need a guy with physically strong presence. Idris has that,” was how the Star quotes what the Fuqua “pal” said the director had told Broccoli.
But a rep for Fuqua threw cold water on the story. “He never had a conversation with Barbara about the franchise or about any casting. It’s all made up stuff. Not sure how it got started,” the rep told The Hollywood Reporter.
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