--- title: Idris Elba Enlists Daniel Craig for Latest James Bond Joke description: The actors snapped a selfie together at the Golden Globes on January 6 canonical: https://time.com/5495566/idris-elba-daniel-craig-golden-globes/ author: Ciara Nugent article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-07T13:39:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:43.635Z og:title: Idris Elba Enlists Daniel Craig for Hilarious Selfie Joke og:description: Elba can't resist teasing his fans og:url: https://time.com/5495566/idris-elba-daniel-craig-golden-globes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2aea480137275c3/698942cb97cdff41c66b71b4/gettyimages-577289724.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Star Trek Beyond" New York Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Idris Elba Enlists Daniel Craig for Hilarious Selfie Joke twitter:description: Elba can't resist teasing his fans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2aea480137275c3/698942cb97cdff41c66b71b4/gettyimages-577289724.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Idris Elba and Daniel Craig Took the Most Hilariously Awkward Photo of the Golden Globes Together  by [Ciara Nugent](https://time.com/author/ciara-nugent/)  ## Ciara Nugent Jan 7, 2019 1:39 PM UTC  Idris Elba attends the "Star Trek Beyond" New York Premiere at Crosby Street Hotel on July 18, 2016 in New York City. Idris Elba attends the "Star Trek Beyond" New York Premiere at Crosby Street Hotel on July 18, 2016 in New York City.Theo Wargo – Getty Images  by [Ciara Nugent](https://time.com/author/ciara-nugent/)  ## Ciara Nugent Jan 7, 2019 1:39 PM UTC Idris Elba is continuing to toy with fans about the prospect of him becoming the next James Bond. After years of hinting on social media and in interviews, the British actor enlisted current _Bond_ star Daniel Craig to carry on the joke at the [2019 Golden Globe Awards](http://time.com/5494359/2019-golden-globes-recap/) ceremony on Sunday night. The pair snapped a selfie together, making highly uncomfortable expressions, under the caption “Awks…..”. Elba later shared the image from the 76th Golden Globe Awards on Instagram and Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/idriselba/status/1082190661619798016) Speculation that Elba is next in line for the iconic role began back in 2014, when a leaked email appeared to show Sony executive [Amy Pascal](http://time.com/3631735/amy-pascal-sony-hack/) putting him forward. Since then he has alternately [denied,](http://time.com/4419222/idris-elba-not-playing-james-bond-rumors/) [sidestepped](http://time.com/5112881/idris-elba-woman-bond/) and stoked the rumor, apparently having a lot of fun in the process. In August 2018 he [tweeted](https://twitter.com/idriselba/status/1028552314183999488?lang=en) a blurry image of himself with the phrase, “my name’s Elba, Idris Elba,” evoking 007’s famous greeting and setting of an avalanche of enthusiastic responses from fans. Elba continues to be a [bookmakers](https://www.oddschecker.com/novelty/specials/james-bond/next-james-bond)‘ favorite to take up the role, which Craig will give up after the franchise’s next installment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5495566/idris-elba-daniel-craig-golden-globes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5495566/idris-elba-daniel-craig-golden-globes/"},"headline":"Idris Elba and Daniel Craig Took the Most Hilariously Awkward Photo of the Golden Globes Together","datePublished":"2019-01-07T13:39:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:43.635Z","description":"The actors snapped a selfie together at the Golden Globes on January 6","url":"https://time.com/5495566/idris-elba-daniel-craig-golden-globes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2aea480137275c3/698942cb97cdff41c66b71b4/gettyimages-577289724.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ciara Nugent","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ciara-nugent/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2aea480137275c3/698942cb97cdff41c66b71b4/gettyimages-577289724.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Star Trek Beyond\" New York Premiere","caption":"\"Star Trek Beyond\" New York Premiere","creditText":"Theo Wargo – Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5495566/idris-elba-daniel-craig-golden-globes/","name":"Idris Elba and Daniel Craig Took the Most Hilariously Awkward Photo of the Golden Globes Together"}}]}] ```