Bastille Day Trailer: Idris Elba Shows Off James Bond-esque Action Chops

Idris Elba in the action-packed Bastille Day trailer

All those wondering if Idris Elba (Pacific Rim, Star Trek Beyond) has what it takes to someday play James Bond need look no further than the new international trailer StudioCanal has debuted for upcoming action thriller Bastille Day. Elba co-stars with Richard Madden (“Game of Thrones,” Cinderella) in the Bastille Day trailer, which you can check out below!

The high-octane action-thriller takes place in Paris, where a rogue CIA agent must team up with an unsuspecting American con-artist living abroad to thwart a terrorist attack on French soil.

Co-starring Kelly Reilly (“True Detective”), Charlotte Le Bon (The Walk) and Alexander Cooper (The Imitation Game), Bastille Day is directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black) from a script by Andrew Baldwin. With no U.S. release date yet set, the film is set to open in the UK on April 22.

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