Joanna Lumley slammed for comments about Idris Elba playing James Bond

Joanna Lumley criticised over comments about Idris Elba[Chris Jackson/Getty Images]

The Absolutely Fabulous star was asked whether she thought the black British actor would make a good choice to play James Bond.

Joanna, 71, who appeared briefly in the 1969 007 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, tld the Radio Times that Idris did not “fit the description.”

“Idris Elba is stunning – and was incidentally in Absolutely Fabulous – but I don’t think he is right for …