Australian actor, who starred in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, says hiring Elba would be a good ideaFormer James Bond star George Lazenby has backed Idris Elba to be the next actor to play 007. The Australian, who starred in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, said there would be “a lot of people scratching their head” if a black actor was cast as the character, created by Ian Fleming, but he believed hiring Elba would be a good idea.