
By Chris Wilson
This week, we asked TIME readers to vote on which actor or actress should succeed Daniel Craig in the next James Bond film, and offered our own suggestions based on our own Bond Rating calculus. After several days of voting, Idris Elba, the star of shows including Luther and The Wire, was the clear favorite. Here are the top 20 finishers.
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