Idris Elba thinks he’d make a sh*t hot James Bond villain

It appears Idris Elba might be trying to rule himself out of being the next James Bond, or he's playing hard to get.

The 43-year-old actor, who has been heavily linked to the role of the British secret agent, is saying he'd rather be a Bond baddie.

How do we know this? Singer John Newman has said so.

John - who's got Idris to read the opening monologue on his new album 'Revolve' - said: "There was a conversation where he thought he'd be a better baddie and I was like, 'You've got a good point. You'd be an amazing baddie'."

Although if it were down to John, he'd give him the Bond job.

He told Digital Spy: "It'd be a nice change to have a guy that's very different to James Bond. It's not due to his race or anything like that, because that's the big thing everyone's basing it round. He fits into that role very, very well."